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Implementing Automation: The Shopfloor Politics of Technological Change in the Canadian Aerospace Sector

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are the social processes of integrating new production technologies into existing work processes? How do management and trade union approaches shape the implementation and debugging of new technologies on the shopfloor? Drawing on the industrial relations literature on debugging and four cases of technological change at a major Canadian ...
Daniel Nicholson
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The Politicization Effect of the Environment Issue in Labour Claim-Making: The case of Italy

Italian Political Science
Drawing on the Italian case, this article demonstrates how labour organizations strategically leverage environ- mental issues to politicize their claims when necessary.
Massimiliano Andretta
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The Politics of the Labor Movement Revitalization: The Need for a Revitalized Perspective [PDF]

, 2003
[Excerpt] Unions everywhere are struggling. Globalization, with its supporting neo-liberal ideology, encourages employers and governments to push vigorously against the constraints of employment regulation.
Baccaro, Lucio, Haman, Kerstin, Turner, Lowell   +2 more
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Too Little, Too Weak? Paid Parental Leaves in Philippine Collective Bargaining Agreements

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When statutory work–family entitlements are deemed insufficient, workers often rely on collective bargaining to secure better terms. However, the extent to which unions can deliver higher than statutory benefits remains underexplored, especially in developing countries with decentralized bargaining systems and low union salience. Bridging this
Vincent Jerald Ramos
wiley   +1 more source

“For the workers” – A tribute to Prof. Edward Webster

Journal of Political Sociology
As a distinguished research professor, Edward (Eddie) Webster made a huge contribution to the field of labour sociology in South Africa and globally.
Carmen Ludwig
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Organizing at the Margins: The Symbolic Politics of Labor in South Korea and the United States [PDF]

, 2009
[Excerpt] What might the striking convergence in the trajectories of the South Korean and U.S. labor movements mean for the dynamics of change taking place for labor on a global scale?
Chun, Jennifer Jihye
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
wiley   +1 more source

At a Crossroad: Immigration Reform and American Unionism [PDF]

, 2002
Since the founding days of the Republic, the relationship between American unionism and mass immigration has been contentious. No issue has caused the labor movement more agony and irony.
Briggs , Vernon M., Jr.
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The Long Shadow of ‘Populist Punitiveness’—Why Public Opinion May Not Preclude Increasing the Age of Criminal Responsibility in England and Wales

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides one of the first broad reviews of global research on public opinion regarding the age of criminal responsibility (ACR) alongside findings from a small‐scale exploratory survey of adults in England and Wales. Reviewed studies show strong support for raising the ACR across regions like Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong and ...
Harriet Pierpoint, Kathy Hampson
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Getting to the CORE of the Chicago Teachers’ Union Transformation

Studies in Social Justice, 2014
This article draws on a comparative study of urban change and rank-and-file teacher rebellion in New York City and Chicago, to explore the contemporary dynamics of what Jamie Peck (2013) calls “austerity urbanism” and its relationship to a rebirth of a ...
Peter Brogan
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