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The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today [PDF]
This article provides a brief evaluation of the state of workplace union reps’ organization in Britain as we approach the second decade of the 2000s.
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New Labor Governance? The German Supply Chain Act and National Governance Mechanisms in Brazil
ABSTRACT Due diligence laws respond to labor governance challenges and to a lack of public governance addressing human rights violations in Global Value Chains. Despite ongoing contestation, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act seeks to hold German‐based firms accountable for human rights risks in their supply chains.
Helena Gräf
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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The Trade Union Movement, 1850-1914
This article examines the role of trade unionism in the long nineteenth century and considers the drawbacks to standard approaches to this subject. Discussing the changed focus of much historical scholarship towards the history of trade unions, it re ...
Antony Taylor
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The Role of Trade Unionism in a Developing Economy [PDF]
This paper takes a colossal look at the function and performance of trade unionism in a developing nation with a special emphasis on West Africa as a whole and Nigeria iJ;l particular.
Fagbenle, Olabosipo I.
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Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation
Abstract Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring
Francesco Molica +2 more
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A strike in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: The 2020 health workers' dispute in Hong Kong. [PDF]
Taylor BW, Chan MYI.
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Futures of Transit Work: Contesting Devaluation and Neoliberal Automation in Bus Transit
ABSTRACT Being a bus operator has long meant access to middle class wages, quality benefits, and union membership, forms of security increasingly rare amid growing precarity. But transit is in trouble. In the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic and decades of disinvestment, bus operators face mounting time pressure, frequent violence, and eroding job ...
Hunter Akridge, Sarah E. Fox
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Multinationals and Unionism in Indonesia [PDF]
This paper presents a critical analysis of the factors shaping the interaction between multinationals and trade unions in Indonesia, focusing on the recent period of democratization following the downfall of the Suharto regime. It has been suggested that
Rachmawati, R. (Riani) +1 more
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