POCHARD, Marcel

La négociation interministérielle, une nouvelle voie pour le dialogue social? - Paris : IIAP, oct./déc. 1996

The question has arisen as to whether or not the conclusion of agreements is set to become progressively a normal, and no longer excepcional way of mediating social relations within the civil service. This would be a substantial change because, traditionally, relations have been governed rather more by dialogue or participation, than by negociation. Negociation allows for better consideration to be given to the preoccupations of all concerned, but it also has limits depending upon the legal regulation to which each participant is subject, upon financial and political uncertainties and also upon the attitude of certain trade unions which systematically contest all agreements. What is necessary, moreover, it to facilitate the decentralisation of collective bargaining