Social Status and Class Identity of the Organized Working Class in Serbia

Nada Novakovic; Marija Obradovic

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Social Status and Class Identity of the Organized Working Class in Serbia

Nada Novakovic, Marija Obradovic

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This article explores the relationship between the European identity of the organized working class and its class power in Serbian society. We understand the collective European identity of the organized working class in Serbia to primarily mean adherence to the European social model embodied in collective bargaining, that is, in a social dialogue among social partners: the trade unions, employers, and the state. The European identity of the organized working class in Serbia is also reflected in its support for the values of human rights, private property, the market economy, and multi-party parliamentary democracy. We understand “trade union power” to mean the extent of its capacity to achieve set goals. That is, how much the commitment and the efforts of the representative trade unions in Serbia: The Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS/CATUS) and The Trade Union Confederation (UGS/TUC) “Nezavisnost” („Independence”) to join the European trade union movement and become members of the European Trade Union Confederation, the only representative European trade union organization and the recognized social partner at the level of the European Union, contributed to the more prominent role and a more remarkable power of these trade unions in Serbia. Our research is based on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) – discourse-historical approach (DHA), and economic history context.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20210906.17
Page(s)	258-272
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Social Status, Class Identity, Serbia, Working-class

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Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

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