Resumen de Segmentazioni del lavoro e strategie sindacali nell'industria della carne
- italiano
Introduzione. - Lavoro atipico, outsourcing e strategies di rappresentanza sindacale. - Metodologia della ricerca. - Il settore della macellazione in Italia. - Processi di segmentazione ed esternalizzazione della forza lavoro. - Strategie sindacali differenziate per una forza lavoro segmentata. - Conclusioni.
- English
The paper aims to study the current transformations in trade union action by focusing on the meat processing industry in Italy, a sector characterized by a high share of atypical and subcontracted labour. Based on qualitative data collected inside two plants, the paper addresses the processes of labour force segmentation, according to axes such as employment contracts, workers' nationality, skin colour and gender. Secondly, the paper analyses trade unions' strategies to cope with these labour force fragmentations. By looking at the nexus between labour process and forms of organization, the paper singles out three approaches. These approaches, underpinned by unions' understanding of labour market restructuring, epitomize different strategies to organize and mobil i ze labour. In conclusion, we argue that these conflicting approaches, although or i ented towards enlarging unions' membership and representativeness, actually embed, and thus contribute to strengthen, labour force segmentations in workplaces.
