Patti territoriali e sindacato : gli otto casi della provincia di Torino

Territorial Pacts and trade unions. The eight cases of the Province of Turin ("Patti territoriali e sindacato. Gli otto casi della Provincia di Torino") By Manuela Galetto The present dissertation deals with the role played by trade unions within the Territorial Pacts. Since the mid ‘90s, in Italy Territorial Pacts have been widely adopted – especially compared to other local policy instruments - as public policy to enhance the competitiveness of the territory. After describing how Territorial Pacts were born, Chapter 1 gives an account of how many pacts we had in Italy, of which kind and where. Instead of a top-down approach in the definition of the local economic measures, a new bottom-up model is adopted. Territorial pacts have therefore attracted the attention of many scholars and policy makers and we now have a wide literature dealing with this theme. Chapter 2 makes the point on the state of the art of the literature produced and stresses the fact that attention is lacking on the role played by trade unions within Territorial Pacts. Chapter 3 concentrates on the role played, in general, by Italian trade unions within contexts that are different from the traditional collective bargaining. Chapter 4 finally presents the results of the research carried out in order to understand the role played by trade unions within the eight pacts signed in the province of Torino. About 20 interviews to trade unionists were carried out in order to investigate why they took part, when they did, to the concertation of territorial pacts, what kind of costs did such participation implied and whether there was a style of participation, according to the actions they accomplished during such experiences.