This paper gives an overview of the effects of the crisis and of the adjustment program under the MoU on power relations between capital and labour in Portugal. The analysis includes an assessment of the employers achievements regarding the reregulation of labour relations, of the crisis in collective bargaining and of the growing importance of the statutory minimum wage. Furthermore, the negative effect of the crisis and the MoU on social concertation at macro-level is analysed. The analysis is based on empirical data on long-term trends in the different areas. On the background of this setting some conclusions are drawn about the impact of the crisis on Portuguese trade unions and about the quality of their response to this challenge... [Leer más...]