Workers' Participation in Spain
This chapter focuses on the direct and indirect types of worker participation, which are relevant in Spain. After a short overview of the profile and recent developments of Spain's economy, the main characteristics of the Spanish labor movement and corporate governance system are explored. In the second part, the institutional and normative framework for worker participation is addressed, and the concluding section offers some reflections on current trends and future prospects of workplace participation in Spain. The dominance of low trust relationships and low degrees of cooperation and innovative participation initiatives in Spanish firms and a general dominance of low productivity and low innovation profile are behind the underdeveloped effective participation in Spanish workplaces. Worker participation is mainly delegative participation by trade unions and Works Councils.