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Social movement unionism or professionalism? the union movement of Taiwanese documentary makers

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2010
Taiwanese documentaries have grown rapidly in terms of local consumption and production since the 2000s, despite the dominance of Hollywood in the local film market. However, most documentary workers still suffer from poor working conditions because of a
Chang-de Liu
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Adventures of Emancipatory Labour Strategy as the New Global Movement Challenges International Unionism

Journal of World-Systems Research, 2015
First suggested in the Netherlands, in the late-1980s, the notion of “Social Movement Unionism” was ?rst applied in South Africa, where it had both political and academic impact.
Peter Waterman
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Global constitutionalism and social movement unionism

Global Constitutionalism
Strikes against public policies have often been classified as illegal political strikes. Nevertheless, the concept of social movement unionism (SMU) describes how trade unions in some countries have become active players in social struggles, alongside ...
Lilach Litor
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Book Groups in the Social Justice Unionism Movement

Critical Education, 2021
: The past decade has seen a rise in social justice teacher unionism, with an emergence of caucuses that focus on bottom-up, race conscious union reform focused on bargaining for the common good.
Kathleen Riley
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The industrial unionism movement in Greece during the first years of the political change after the fall of the Junta (1974‑1981)

Cahiers Balkaniques, 2018
The announcement focuses on the industrial unionism movement in Greece, which was developed during the second half of the 70's. Firstly, the main political, economical and social transformations, following the collapse of the military dictatorship (1974),
Akis Palaiologos
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Triggering Solidarity Actions towards Contingent Workers and the Unemployed. The Point of View of Grassroots Trade Unionists and Labour Activists

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2018
Since the 1980s, trade unions have suffered a decrease in membership, public legitimacy and the capacity to achieve their core objectives. Renewal strategies have varied, depending on the national context.
Christina Karakioulafis, Kostas Kanellopoulos   +1 more
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Principles to Practice: Philadelphia Educators Putting Social Movement Unionism into Action

Workplace, 2016
In the wake of Chicago’s well-known teacher strikes in 2012, social movement caucuses are popping up across the USA as teachers seek to better organize through the auspices of their unions in response to what they see as the dismantlement of public ...
Rhiannon M Maton
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Social Unionism, Public Relations, and Support for Unions: A Case Study of Public Opinion in Saskatchewan, Canada

Global Labour Journal, 2015
Academic research on public attitudes towards unions in Canadian provinces is virtually non-existent. Using quantitative evidence from a Saskatchewan telephone survey, we demonstrate that public attitudes towards unions are more positive when the labour ...
Dave McGrane, Loleen Berdahl
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Competitive Unionism: Good, Bad, or Indifferent for Contigent Faculty?

Workplace, 2013
In this article I will examine the various arguments that have been made for and against union competition in higher education from the point of view of contingent faculty in particular and will include examples of how this competition has affected ...
Joe Berry
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Labour Activism and Social Movement Unionism in the Gig Economy. Food Delivery Workers Struggles in Italy

Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2019
This article aims to explore the forms of collective actions that are emerging in new sectors of digital capitalism. In particular, it enquires into the mobilisation of food delivery workers that has been developing since 2016 in four Italian cities ...
Riccardo Emilio Chesta, Lorenzo Zamponi, Carlotta Caciagli   +2 more
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