Students are expected to have had an introduction to Economics, Sociology, and Labour Law

Competencies: - Knowledge of the main regulatory mechanisms of the labour market: law, collective bargaining, the welfare state and informal mechanisms. - Knowledge of the political and economic context in which these mechanisms are developed and the different theoretical approaches used to explain them. - Knowledge of the relationship between the Welfare State and the system of labour and employment relations in Spain. - Knowledge of the main subjects which participate in employment relations and how they act. Skills: - Capacity for contextualizing Spanish developments in the broader literature on the development of employment and labour relations. - Capacity for making use of regulatory mechanisms, especially, collective bargaining. - Capacity to reflect on the implications of the changes studied for the future of labour and employment relations. Aptitudes: - Students will learn to defend their positions and to debate other positions with respect.

Lesson 1: Labour market and social protection Lesson 2: The industrial relations system Lesson 3: Rules: The regulatory framework of employment relations Lesson 4: Actors: Trade unions Lesson 5: Actors: the employer Lesson 6: Collective disputes Lesson 7: Collective bargaining and collective agreement Lesson 8: Structure and content of collective bargaining Lesson 9: Implementation of collective (and extra-conventional) bargaining Lesson 10: The transformation of collective disputes from workers' perspective Lesson 11: The transformation of collective disputes from employers' perspective Lesson12: Alternative disputes resolution Lesson 13: New Challenges and Opportunities

- Lectures - Readings and discussion of readings - Essays, quizzes, group presentations, analysis of cases, etc. - Twitter as teaching tool.