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How to sit on Two Sides of the Table? Swedish and Norwegian Unions’ Approaches to Representative Worker Participation during the 20th Century

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
To this day, participation rights in Sweden have been reserved for union members both on the company level and on the board level, while all employees in companies, which are covered by respective agreements and laws, have voting rights in Norway.
Katharina Sass
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Cultural Obstacles in Transnational Trade Union Cooperation in Europe

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020
This article focuses on cultural difficulties in trade union cooperation and transnationalization in Europe. The aim is to understand cultural differences that are seen as obstacles to cooperation by trade union representatives with transnational work ...
Bengt Larsson
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Organizing Capacities and Union Priorities in the Hotelsector in Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
In this article, we draw international comparisons between industrial relations regimes in the hotel sector and compare relevant trade union experiences in the selected metropolitan areas of Oslo, Dublin, and Toronto.
Ann Cecilie Bergene, David Jordhus-Lier, Anders Underthun   +2 more
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‘Safety Matters Have Become Too Important for Management to Leave it Up to the Workers’ –The Nordic OSH Model Between Implicit and Explicit Frameworks

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2011
In a globalized economy it is relevant to question whether the Nordic Working Environment (WE) model will remain as the basic and implicit framework for the governance of the WE.
Johnny Dyreborg
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In Search of the Nordic Working Life Model; Introduction to the Thematic Issue

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
The theme of this issue is “in search of the Nordic working life model.” The main reason for choosing this theme is related to the widespread observation that several features of the Nordic institutions of work have been considered atypical when compared
Antti Kasvio, Lena Gonäs, Egil J. Skorstad   +2 more
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Too Few Indians and Too Many Chiefs. Is This One Reason for Declining Trade Union Membership in Denmark?

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
The decline in trade union membership in many countries since the 1970s and the consequent weakening of the trade unions is due to a number of reasons, including occupational changes, welfare state and social regulation, liberalism and individualization,
Søren Voxted, Jens Lind
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Trajectories of Platform-mediated Gig Work in Nordic Taxi and Food Delivery Industries

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
While the Nordic labor market model is renowned for providing ‘good’ jobs, we have over the last decade nonetheless seen the rise of platform-mediated gig work, associated with relatively precarious working conditions, in the Nordic countries. Analyzing
Sigurd M. N. Oppegaard, Johan Alfonsson, Stine Rasmussen, Jere Immonen   +3 more
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Dealing with Alternatively Organized Workers: Recruitment and Retention Strategies among Danish Shop Stewards

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013
Membership rates of alternative unions that offer individual juridical guidance and assistance but rarely contribute to collective bargaining are increasing in Denmark.
Anna Ilsøe
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Introduction: Globalization and International Labor Solidarity. Introduction to a Theme

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
Is cross-national trade union cooperation and labor solidarity a forgotten item on Nordic working life researchers’ agenda? And if so, why? Is not the matter more crucial today than ever, considering the challenges from globalization?
Christer Thörnqvist
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Solidarity Action in Global Labor Networks. Four Cases of Workplace Organizing at Foreign Affiliates in the Global South

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014
Globalization transforms workforces of transnational corporation from predominantly home countrydominated workforces into foreign-dominated, multinational workforces.
Peter Wad
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