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Brazilian Trade Unions : In (In)Voluntary Confinement of the Corporatist Past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Many analysts of Brazilian industrial relations share a determinist vision of the country’s trade unionism, according to which the unions maintain a paradoxical yet atavistic relationship with the heavy body of laws that provide them with advantages ...
Gagnon, Mona-Josée, Lang, Karen
core   +1 more source

Education and equipment distribution lead to increased mercury knowledge and retort use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities in Senegal

open access: yesCleaner Production Letters, 2023
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is an important livelihood, but also the largest contributor to anthropogenic mercury emissions globally. Two key persistent challenges in reducing mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities are
Arabella Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A group of Bronze Age Socketed hammers / beating fists from the Lower Danube and Northern Black Sea Area [PDF]

open access: yesPeuce, 2012
The article discusses a group of three Late Bronze Age objects, whose functionality has been subject to various interpretations. A new identification as specialized socketed hammers or beating fists for sheet metal working and bronze vessel production is
Oliver DIETRICH   +1 more
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Producing Goods, Shaping People: The Materiality of Crafting

open access: yes, 2015
The study of craft production has a long and venerable history in archaeological research on ancient societies. In this chapter, I consider the crafting of useful and desired things from a materiality perspective by looking at the interactions between ...
Hendon, Julia A.
core   +1 more source

Towards a ‘Social Art History’: Ancient Egyptian Metalworkers in Context(s) and the Creation of Value

open access: yesArts
In this paper, I argue for a ‘social art history’ that embraces all protagonists of ancient Egyptian artistic production and integrates them into the global process of creating prestige through art.
Alisée Devillers
doaj   +1 more source

Skeuomorphism, Boundary Objects and Socialization of the Chalcolithic Metallurgy in the Southern Levant

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2015
Metalworking emerged in the southern Levant as a new ritual practice during the late phase of the Ghassulian culture, ca. 4300–3900 BC. Ghassulian metalworkers cast objects in both pure and alloyed copper. All the artifacts produced during this time span
Milena Gošić
doaj   +1 more source

Scenari futuri del lavoro e nuovi orizzonti di lotta alle acciaierie di Terni

open access: yesEtnoAntropologia, 2023
This paper is based on ethnographic research amongst the steelworkers of Acciai Speciali Terni [AST], owned by ThyssenKrupp, that took place during a long union dispute in 2014/2015.
Matteo Saltalippi
doaj   +2 more sources

Exploring Supply Chain Visibility for Circularity: A Delphi Approach

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular supply chains (CSCs) depend on enhanced supply chain visibility (SCV) to track and manage resource flows and thereby enable efficient decision‐making. Despite confronting silo mentalities, fragmented information, technological barriers, resistance to change, and a lack of standardization, data sharing remains crucial for SCV and ...
Tarun Kumar Agrawal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Labor\u27s Trade Secretariats [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
[Excerpt] An international trade secretariat (ITS) is a world-wide federation of unions in a particular industry or industries. Since their inception, ITSs have operated with their primary focus in Europe. Only one, the International Union of Foodworkers
Uehlein, Joe
core   +1 more source

Enhancing Knowledge and Technology Transfer: Determinants and Indicators of Successful University–Industry Collaboration

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Both universities and companies create value and innovation to maintain their position and remain competitive. Different, but still similar, with two goals that are shared. With their collaboration, they can enhance their pursuit of sustainability and as well corporate social responsibility by creating and delivering value and thus ...
Jana Hojnik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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