The strike for economic reasons and labor economic arbitration: trails that diverge, intertwine and oppose

Abstract

Two mechanisms, covered by legality and widely used in conflicts of economic origin between employers and labor unions (such as arbitration and strikes), have a complex relationship. Here we propose a review of essential and incidental elements that configure both mechanisms for their legal-economic utility in union conflicts. To meet this purpose, we propose a review of relevant aspects of the pragmatics of strike and arbitration, comparing their similarities and differences, to recognize in them the institutions whose existence in economic conflicts surpasses any design or interpretation that intends to constrain it as a simple static or sequential resource.