ROLE AND PLACE OF THE BRANCH SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OF MOLDOVA

Social dialogue as a very convenient tool for reconciling interests of key production factors – labour and capital – has been mentioned many times and on several other occasions. The present article reiterates this message, with social dialogue at sector level as a key subject under analysis. The interest lying at the basis of researches carried out on this matter was conditioned on one hand by the European Union requirements imposed on social dialogue at this level (the maturity of social partners at the level of industrial sectors impose a high rigor during the accession process of a country). On the other hand we are also keen to assess the respective maturity level in the case of the Republic of Moldova, its aspiration for the European integration being clear and indubitable.