Abstract
Why do unions sometimes strike against their partisan allies in government? Against rational choice explanations, this article argues that leaders with a militant and autonomist ideology strike against allies because they believe strikes are a necessary to achieve gains — contrasting with their less autonomist colleagues’ views. This is expected particularly in some Latin American and Southern European countries where labour is highly politicized and divided. Statistical and qualitative analysis of six Chilean public sector unions in the first eighteen years of post-authoritarian regime (N=86) support the theory. Reanalysis of secondary data suggests it may apply for other Latin American countries.
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