This paper deals with subjects that are of essential concern to
European and Spanish industries, and in doing so, it does not overlook
social solidarity. In these stormy, crisis ridden times, recipes that
applied to our more peaceful times are no longer of any practical use.
This all calls for a change in the relationship between the individual
and the organization. A new moral contract emerges, where the employee
will not necessarily find that his loyal dedication is always rewarded
by his being given a full time job for life. It will rather lead to
conditions that allow continuous employability on an individual basis.
The new concept of the social Europe takes solidarity as a
down-to-earth condition for overcoming the crisis, instead of regarding
it as support for conditions which may not be sympathethic towards
today´s new realities. There is a need for competitiveness to be
restored in European industry, but that competitiveness must be made to
be compatible with the social and economic cohesion that characterises
the European growth model. José Antonio Garrido
Key words: Industry, education, solidarity.
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Nº 205, septiembre-diciembre 1996 
