The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.
There are many problems for trade unions in dealing with the changes that have occurred in the world of work in the last few decades. In western economies today, the institutional bargaining power of trade unions faces a crisis, and affirming workers' rights and improving working conditions through traditional systems of social dialogue at industrial and territorial level proves increasingly difficult, with a general decline in membership rates over the years.
Trade unions, as regards their membership and institutional framework, vary greatly. However, within the world of work, there are many shared challenges, with a common neoliberal trajectory based not only on institutional deregulation but also on institutional conversion.
