This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...

Union Choices Affect Wages -- Strikes and wages -- Strikes and wages -- Empty victories, harmless defeats -- Is what you ask for what you get? -- The state versus managers -- Militancy and accommodation -- Schism and steering -- The limits of militancy -- Making strikes pay.