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Trade Unions’ Protest Cycles in Sweden, 1980–2020
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3645-0399
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0715-6492
2023 (English)In: Trade Union Activism in the Nordic Countries since 1900 / [ed] Jørgensen, Jesper & Mikkelsen, Flemming, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, p. 255-278Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

After the mid-1990s, work stoppages have become rare in Sweden. These changes are not unique to Sweden or the Nordic countries: strikes and lockouts have decreased across Europe.However, strikes are only one form of protest that unions can use to mobilize their members, affect politics and engage in public debate. Scholars studying industrial conflicts have suggested that, when one form of contentious action (e.g., strikes) decreases, other protest activities (e.g., go slow, demonstrations or petitioning) may increase. This chapter investigates whether and how such a displacement process functions in Sweden by analyzing the Swedish trade unions’ protest repertoire from 1980 to 2020. Examining the content of the protest claims over time reveals that the proportion of protests related to wages, salaries and collective agreement has increased. Thus, even though unions are not replacing strikes with more protests, a larger share of their protest actions concern wages, working conditions and collective agreements, indicating that the Swedish unions are channelling their discontent regarding these issues from strikes into other forms of protests.

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. p. 255-278
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements, ISSN 2634-6559
Keywords [en]
trade union, protest, industrial action, wage bargaining, Sweden
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-496887DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08987-9_13ISI: 001070821800014Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85153102416ISBN: 978-3-031-08986-2 (print)ISBN: 978-3-031-08987-9 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-496887DiVA, id: diva2:1738503
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Notice of industrial action: a new measure of conflict in collective bargaining processes, Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2018-00371Available from: 2023-02-22 Created: 2023-02-22 Last updated: 2025-03-14Bibliographically approved

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