The aim of the present chapter is to provide explanations of the Greek trade unions’ inability to cope with the austerity challenge, which was imposed on Greece by the Troika and its Memoranda in the aftermath of the bailout of May 2010. In order to understand why the main trade union actors responded to the crisis in the way they did, we shall carry out a path-dependent analysis. More specifically, the trade union choices in terms of both political stances and concrete actions are explained in light of the Greek trade union system and logic that was established in response to important changes in the legislative framework of the early 1990; namely, the introduction of flexible labour and the approval of Bill on Free collective bargaining and other provisions.... [Leer más...]