The financing of "other" unions

Abstract

The financing of trade unions is closely linked to the role of political subject that the constitution reserves for them, to the representativeness measured by electoral audience, to the general effectiveness of the collective agreements negotiated by the representative and most representative trade unions and to the low profile of the membership in which these legal options lead to. Within this framework, we analyze the public and private financing space reserved for other unions and the problems associated with this legal design, which prioritizes public financing of the highest representativeness, while discouraging or preventing the various possibilities of private financing. For this reason, the conclusions address the review of some of the assumptions that determine this model.