DESTABILIZATION AND LEARNING OF TRADE UNIONS IN PERMANENT RESTRUCTURING ; Desestabilizaciones y aprendizajes del sindicalismo en las reestructuraciones permanentes ; DESTABILIZATION AND LEARNING OF TRADE UNIONS IN PERMANENT RESTRUCTURING: The case of steel industry in Belgium (1975-2014) ; Desestabilizaciones y aprendizajes del sindicalismo en las reestructuraciones permanentes: El caso de siderurgia en Bélgica (1975-2014)

International audience ; This article analyzes the practices and reactions of trade unions in the context of permanent restructuring in the European industry since 1975. This article is based on the case of the Belgian steel industry where plants have suffered repeated downsizing plans but where unionization rates remained very high. The survey mixes ethnographic fieldwork in three plants, informative and biographical interviews with workers, trade unionists and managers, as well as corporate and union archives. The article points at first union leaders reactions from in order to limit the eff... Mehr ...