波兰工会参与社会对话和职场治理:对改革的影响

The involvement of Polish trade unions in social dialogue and workplace governance:implications for reform

本文从经济改革着眼,探讨了波兰工会对社会对话和职场治理的参与。关于冲突与合作、社会资本和政治资本的现代理论是本文的理论依据,波兰需要全面的结构性变革是本文的预设前提。为了促成全面的结构性变革,我们需要爱尔兰式的社会契约。为此,本研究揭示了工会政治化和冲突与分化的氛围带来的影响,以及为什么波兰社会伙伴难以达成共识,难以携手合作为全社会创造福利。本文认为,一方面,工会的作用举足轻重,它既能加速改革也能阻碍改革;另一方面,提升社会对话和职场治理的质量至关重要。根据对采矿业的一个短期研究,本文揭示了共识与合作,而不是冲突和不妥协,能够带来双赢结果。在这些论证的基础之上,本文对如何促进社会对话和改善职场治理提出了一些建议,以此作为结论。

This article explores the involvement of Polish trade unions in social dialogue and workplace governance with a view to economic reform.Set against the background of modern theories of conflict and cooperation,and of social and political capital,it takes as its premise that Poland needs comprehensive structural change.For this to happen,however,an Irish-style social pact is called for.Hence the study shows among other things the impact of trade union politicisation and the climate of confrontation and polarisation,and why Polish social partners have difficulty building a consensus and cooperating to produce benefits for the entire society.It argues that,on the one hand,trade unions—being able to accelerate or frustrate reform—have a big role to play and,on the other,that it is critical to improve the quality of social dialogue and workplace governance.Drawing on a short study from the mining industry,the article demonstrates that consensus and cooperation,rather than confrontation and intransigence,produce win-win outcomes.Building on these arguments,the article concludes by making some recommendations on how to enhance social dialogue and ameliorate workplace governance.