Fisson, Estelle <br/><br/>
Can diversity be absorbed into the class struggle? LGBTQ rights, a new challenge for trade unions 

 -  2023.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Although the unions are not fooled by managerial rhetoric, they are trying to reclaim the fight against discrimination by reintroducing a political dimension into it. This article examines the reasons, methods, and obstacles to trade unions considering discrimination against LGBTQ people in France and Spain since the 2000s. It is based on an ethnographic survey conducted between 2019 and 2021 within the French cgt and the Spanish cc.oo., and on union and grassroots organization archives. Have trade unions managed to impose a critical approach to capitalism on the ground of Gay Pride or on that of workplace “diversity”? The article finds that as they have taken up these issues, they have imbued them with their distinctive style, thus generating a syncretic repertoire of actions and demands. The France/Spain comparison shows that, historically, Spanish trade unions have been better integrated into the LGBTQ cause and that the fight against discrimination is less tied to the class struggle there.