Results 31 to 40 of about 1,612,715 (238)

Trade union managers: invisible actors in Trade union dramas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper is concerned with a group of people who are almost entirely absent from the literature on trade union governance, trade union managers.
Dempsey, Michael
core   +6 more sources

Panorama da ação política da CUT (2012-2022) e desafios de revitalização sindical

open access: yesRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
In this article, we present an overview of the political action of trade unionism linked to the Central Única dos Trabalhadores – CUT [Unified Workers, Central] in Brazil, covering the period of 2012 to 2022 and reflecting upon the change in position of ...
Fernanda Forte de Carvalho
doaj   +1 more source

Trade Union Resurgence in Ethiopia

open access: yesGlobal Labour Journal, 2022
Despite a global trend of declining trade unionism, the Ethiopian trade union movement is resurgent. Having fought off a harsh labour bill and forced industrial parks to open to trade union organising in the past few years, it has scored some of its most
Samuel Andreas Admasie
doaj  

Beyond Westminster: How the Four‐Day Working Week Reached the UK Public Sector

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Kingdom's emergence as a public sector pioneer in the four‐day working week debate presents a striking paradox. A post‐Thatcher liberal market economy hostile to statutory working‐time reform might be expected to resist government‐sponsored working‐time reduction in the public sector.
Joan Sanchis, Raúl de Arriba
wiley   +1 more source

‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
wiley   +1 more source

Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesRevue 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
doaj   +1 more source

Union Democracy and Labour Rights: A Cautionary Tale

open access: yesGlobal Labour Journal, 2011
In recent years, trade unions in Canada have become increasingly reliant on constructing workers’ rights as part of the broader rubric of human rights.
Brad Walchuk
doaj   +1 more source

Fleeting Feminism: The Singapore Women's Federation, Singapore Chinese Left‐Wing Feminism and Anti‐Colonial Nationalism, c. 1950s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1955, two female factory workers and trade union leaders, Tan Lee Eng and Kwek Tai Eng, established the Singapore Women's Federation (SWF) to unite women regardless of race, religion or class for the anti‐colonial nationalist struggle. Singapore Chinese left‐wing feminism emerged at the confluence of the nationalist interest in mobilising ...
Yee‐Ting Leong
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the Trade Union Studies Project, 1977-1978: Basic Trade Unionism Postal Course

open access: yes, 1979
copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Basic Trade Unionism Postal Course data consists of two files: Completions The aim of the completions survey was to learn whether the design elements of the revised version of the course ...
Turner, R., Trade Union Studies Research Project
core   +4 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy