Impact of the union intervention in the matter of labor risks of psychosocial origin. A study purchased in Western Europe
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09-06-2021
Raúl Payá Castiblanque
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-8660
Abstract
It is known that union intervention has a positive effect on the reduction of occupational accidents. However, there is no comparable evidence on its effect on psychosomatic pathologies. This research studies the impact of workers' representation on psychosocial risks, both in aggregate terms for the whole of the EU and in a comparative manner between the different systems of labor relations. To this end, the microdata of a survey of 31,991 European work centers (ESENER-2) are analyzed by means of various regression models that allowed the identification of how the presence of representatives guarantees higher standards of management and the corresponding cultural activation, while those of absenteeism from work are only reduced with the direct and active participation of the workers. On the other hand, the analysis of multiple correspondences allows us to see how the institutionalized systems of the Central European and Mediterranean area present more difficulties in involving workers than the Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon systems, which are characterized by higher levels of self-regulation
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Payá Castiblanque, R. (2021). Impact of the union intervention in the matter of labor risks of psychosocial origin. A study purchased in Western Europe. Lan Harremanak, (45). https://doi.org/10.1387/lan-harremanak.22768
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Keywords
Union power resources, comparative study, psychosocial risks, participatory culture, institutional mirage.
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Coutrot, T. (2009). Le rôle des comités d’hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions de travail en France: Une analyse empirique. Travail et Emploi, (117), 25-38.
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Fenn, P. and Ashby, S. (2004). Workplace Risk, Establishment Size and Union Density. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 42 (3),461-480.
Findlay, P., Kalleberg, A., and Warhust, C. (2013). The challenge of job quality. Human Relations, 66 (4), 441–451.
Fulton, L. (2018). Health and safety representation in Europe. Labour Research Department and ETUI (online publication). Available in: http://www.worker-participation.eu/National-Industrial-Relations (accessed 14 October 2020).
Gago, A. (2016). Crisis, cambio en la UE y estrategias sindicales: el impacto de la condicionalidad en el repertorio estratégico de los sindicatos españoles durante la crisis de la eurozona. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 42: 45-68.
George, D., and MAllery, P. (2003). SPSS/PC+step by step: a simple guide and reference. EEUU: Wadsworth Publishing Co. Belmont, CA.
Gumbrell-McCormick, R., and Hyman, R. (2013). Trade unions in Western Europe: hard times, hard choices. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hillage, J., Kersley, B., Bates, P. and Rick, J. (2000).Workplace Consultation on Health and Safety, CRR 268/2000. Sudbury: HSE Books.
Huth, J., DeLorme, D.E., and Reid, L.N. (2006). Perceived third-person effects and consumer attitudes on prevetting and banning DTC advesiting. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 40(1), 90-116.
Johnstone, R., Quinlan, M., and Walters, D. (2005). Statutory Occupational Health and Safety Workplace Arrangements for the Modern Labour Market. The Journal of Industrial Relations, 47(1), 93-116.
Koukiadaki A., Távora, I., and Martínez-Lucio, M. (2016): Joint regulation and labour market policy in Europe during the crisis. Bruselas: ETUI.
Knudsen, H., Busck, O., and Lind, J. (2011). Work environment quality: the role of workplace participation and democracy. Work, Employment and Society, 25(3), 379–396.
Leka, S., Jain, A., Iavicoli, S. and Di Tecco, C. (2015). An evaluation of the policy context on psychosocial risks and mental health in the workplace in the European Union: achievements, challenges and the future. BioMed Research International 5:1-18.
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Lehndorff, S. Dribbusch, H. and Schulten, T. (2018). Rough waters: European trade unions in a time of crises. Bruselas: ETUI.
Litwin, A.S. (2000). Trade Unions and Industrial Injury in Great Britain. Discussion Paper 468. London: Centre for Economic performance, London school of Economics and political Science.
Llorens, C., Navarro, A., Salas, S., Utzet, M., and Moncada, S. (2019). For better or for worse? Psychosocial work environment and direct participation practices. Safety Science, 116, 78-85.
Menéndez, M., Benach, J., and Vogel, L. (2009). The impact of safety representatives on occupational health. A European perspective. Brussels: ETUI.
Narocki, C., López-Jacob, M. J., Canaleta, E., Morán Barrero, P., and Briso-Montiano, P. (2011). Impacto del asesoramiento sindical en salud laboral. Madrid: ISTAS.
Nichols, T. (1997). The Sociology of Industrial Injury. London: Mansell.
Nichols, T., Walters, D., and Tasiran, A.C. (2007). Trade Unions, Institutional Mediation and Industrial Safety: Evidence from the UK. Journal of Industrial Relations, 49(2), 211–225.
Ollé, L., Vergara-Duarte, M., Belvis, F., Menéndez-Fuster, M., Jódar, P., and Benach, J. (2015). What is the impact on occupational health and safety when workers know they have safety representatives?. Safety Science, 74, 55-58.
Rainhorn, J. (2010). Le mouvement ouvrier contre la peinture au plomb. Stratégie syndicale, expérience locale et transgression du discours dominant au début du XXe siècle. Politix, 3(91), 7-26.
Reilly, B., Paci, P., and Holl, P. (1995). Unions, safety committees and workplace injuries. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 33(2), 275-288.
Rigby, M. and García-Calavia, M.A. (2018). Institutional resources as a source of trade union power in Southern Europe. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 24(2): 129-143.
Robinson, A. M., and Smallman, C. (2006). The contemporary British workplace: a safer and healthier place?. Work, Employment and Society, 20(1), 87–107.
Robinson, A. M., and Smallman, C. (2013). Workplace injury and voice: a comparison of management and union perceptions. Work, Employment and Society, 27(4), 674- 693.
Sherman, A.C., Williams, M.L., Amick, B.C., Hudson, T.J., and Messias, E.L. (2020). Mental health outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevalence and risk factors in a southern US state. Psychiatry Research, 293,113476.
Shaw, N., and Turner, R. (2003). The Worker Safety Advisors Pilot, HSE Research Report 144. Sudbury: HSE Books.
Schmidt, W., Müller, A., Ramos-Vielba, I., Thörnquist, A., and Thörnqvist C. (2017). Finanzmarktkrise und Arbeitsbeziehungen im öffentlichen Sektor, Deutschland, Großbritannien, Schweden und Spanien. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsges.
Swuste, S., van Gulijk, C., and Zwaard, W. (2010). Safety metaphors and theories, a review of the occupational safety literature of the US, UK and The Netherlands, till the first part of the 20th century. Safety Science, 48 (8), 1000-1018.
Vogel, L. (2016b). La actualidad del modelo obrero italiano para la lucha a favor de la salud en el trabajo. Laboreal, 12(2), 10-17.
Walters, D., Nichols, T., Connor, J., Tasiran, A., and Cam, S. (2005). The role and effectiveness of safety representatives in influencing workplace health and safety. UK: HSE Books.
Walters, D., and Nichols, T. (2006). Representation and consultation on health and safety in chemicals: An exploration of limits to the preferred model. Employee relations, 28(3), 230-254.
Walters, D., and Nichols, T. (2007). Worker Representation and Workplace Health and Safety. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Walters, D. (2011). Worker representation and psycho-social risks: a problematic relationship?. Safety Science, 49(4), 599-606.
Walters, D., and Wadsworth, E. (2014). Contexts and determinants of the management of occupational safety and health in European workplaces. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 12(2), 109-130.
Walters, D., Frick, K., and Wadsworth, E. (2018). Trade union initiatives to support improved safety and health in micro and small firms: Trade Union Prevention Agents (TUPAs) in four EU Member States. Luxemburg : EU-OSHA.
Walters, D., and Wadsworth, E. (2020). Participation in safety and health in European workplaces: Framing the capture of representation. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 26(1), 75–90.
Warren-Langford, P., Biggins, D., and Phillips, M. (1993). Union participation in occupational health and safety in Western Australia. Journal of Industrial Relations, 35(4), 585–606.
Weil, D. (1992). Building safety, the role of construction unions in the enforcement of OSHA. Journal of Labor Research, 13, 121-132.
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