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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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The 1984-1985 UK Miners’ Strike and the Rise of Social Movement Unionism

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
The research that has looked at the 1984-1985 UK miners’ strike has, correctly and from its early days, emphasised the role played by women’s groups during the strike, the support of the international labour movement and the establishment of solidarity ...
Marc Lenormand
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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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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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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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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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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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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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El Frente Único, las Alianzas Obreras y el Frente Popular

Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2011
The positions adopted by anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists against cooperation with other working-class forces were fuelled by fear of losing their organisations’ ideological independence.
Rocío Navarro Comas
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The Politics of Unionisation in Hong Kong: An Interview with Dr Bill Taylor

Global Labour Journal, 2021
Unions in Hong Kong played an important role in the historical develoopment of civil society and labour rights long before the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Hong Yu Liu
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