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Social Movement and Unionism in France: A Case for Revitalization?

Labor Studies Journal, 2010
From the mid-1990s onwards, France has been rocked by ongoing social protests. This article considers whether and how these protests provide a strategic context for the “revitalization” of labor organizations. After providing insights into the French industrial relations system, particular attention is given to three cases: the organizing of unemployed
Stéphane Le Queux, Ivan Sainsaulieu
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South Korean Trade Union Movement at the Crossroads: A Critique of “Social-Movement” Unionism

Critical Sociology, 2007
This paper is a critique of the social movement unionism (SMU) theory. Arguing that characteristics of social movement unions reflect the very contradictory nature of unions under capitalism, it renders a view that the SMU theory romanticizes so-called social movement type unions (the COSATU in South Africa, the CUT in Brazil, and the KCTU in South ...
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Social Movement Unionism or Trade Unions as Social Movements

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 2008
Peter Fairbrother
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Economic and Political Strikes: A Social Movement Unionism Hypothesis

Socialism and Democracy, 2022
The article i devoted to explain the new form of labour conflict and the relationship between unions and social labour movement in mobilizing workers in Italy since the 2008 economic ...
PERRA, MARGHERITA SABRINA, PILATI, KATIA
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Social movement unionism

This chapter examines the concept and evolution of Social Movement Unionism (SMU), exploring how unions increasingly engage beyond traditional labour concerns to advocate for broader socio-political changes. SMU emerged as a response to the limitations of conventional unionism, aligning union goals with issues like climate change, democratic rights and
Jane Parker, Ozan Alakavuklar
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From Social-Movement Unionism to Economic Unionism

2014
The imposition of martial law in 1949 was originally an emergency measure of regime survival when facing the prospect of annihilation in a civil war. Over the years, the martial-law regime grew to encompass a plethora of restrictions that effectively outlawed political opposition, free press, demonstrations, and strikes.
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