COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN 2008 CRISIS AND AFTER: COMPARISON OF GERMANY AND GREECE

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 22, 273 - 293, 31.12.2019

Şebnem Kirazoğlu

https://doi.org/10.31199/hakisderg.598065

Abstract

Economic crises have affected labor relations in
their conjuncture and labor relations have been the most intervened field in
the responses to the solution of crises. Collective bargaining, which became
one of the cornerstones of the labor market with the 2008 crisis, has become an
important tool used in the response to the crisis in European Union countries. There
is no single perspective on the impact of the crisis on labor relations in the
European Union. While some countries are deeply affected by the crisis and face
intense unemployment, in some countries the impact of the crisis is almost
negligible by national measures. There are differences in the collective
bargaining structures between Greece and its social partners seeking answers to
the crisis within the EU's policies, with the responses to the crisis, joint
decisions and consensus. In this article, the differences that occurred in the
collective bargaining structure of Germany and Greece after 2008 crisis are
compared. In the light of the researches, it was observed that the collective
bargaining structure shifted to decentralization as well as not creating a
common reaction to the crisis in Europe.

Keywords

2008 crisis, Germany, Greece, collective bargaining

2008 KRİZİ VE SONRASINDA TOPLU PAZARLIK: ALMANYA VE YUNANİSTAN KARŞILAŞTIRMASI

Abstract

Ekonomik krizler çalışma
ilişkilerini bulundukları konjonktür içerisinde etkilemiş ve çalışma
ilişkileri, krizlerin çözümüne aranan yanıtlarda en çok müdahaleye uğrayan alan
olmuştur. 2008 krizi ile birlikte emek piyasasının temel taşlarından birini
oluşturan toplu pazarlık, bu süreç içerisinde Avrupa Birliği ülkelerinde krize
çözüm olarak aranan yanıtlar içerisinde kullanılan önemli bir araç olmuştur.
Avrupa Birliği’nde krizin çalışma ilişkilerine ilişkin etkisi ile ilgili tek
bir bakış açısı oluşturulamamaktadır. Kimi ülkeler krizden derinden etkilenerek
yoğun işsizlik ile karşı karşıya kalırken kimi ülkelerde krizin etkisi alınan
ulusal önlemler ile neredeyse yok sayılacak seviyededir. Krize AB’nin
politikaları dâhilinde cevap arayan Yunanistan ve sosyal ortakların krize
verdikleri yanıtlar, alınan ortak karar ve uzlaşma ile hareket eden Almanya
arasında toplu pazarlık yapılarında farklılıklar mevcuttur. Bu makalede 2008
krizi ve sonrasında Almanya ve Yunanistan’da toplu pazarlık yapısında meydana
gelen farklılıklar mukayeseli olarak ele alınmıştır. Yapılan araştırmalar
ışığında Avrupa’da krize ortak bir tepkinin oluşturulamamasının yanı sıra toplu
pazarlık yapısının âdem-i merkeziyete kaydığı gözlemlenmiştir. 

Keywords

2008 krizi, Almanya, Yunanistan, toplu pazarlık

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