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Cahiers des Amériques Latines, 2017 In an historical approach and in the distinction between social movement and institution, the article deals with the relationships between Trade Union and the Nicaraguan State since the Sandinistas returned to power in 2007.
Julien Dufrier
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Sustainable HRM in the Public Sector: A Question of Viability or Legitimacy?
Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent research has underlined the growing importance of sustainability in HRM policy and practice, taking into account long‐term multi‐stakeholder goals. However, few studies have specified the drivers and outcomes of sustainable HRM practices, nor the contradictions that arise when managers attempt to satisfy the demands of both internal and
Mathew Johnson +3 more
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Globalisation and trade unions: towards a multi-level strategy?
Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2008 International trade unionism is facing a serious challenge from what is commonly called globalisation. Trade unions feel the need to ‘scale up’ their activities beyond their, once paramount, national terrain and to challenge capital's untrammelled ...
Ronaldo Munck
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Crítica de la libertad sindical
Derecho PUCP, 2012 Critique of trade union freedomThe article begins of the protective character of Labor Law and of the study of trade union freedom as an instrument of compensatory inequality, to analyze critically the protection of this right in the Committeeof Trade ...
Oscar Ermida Uriarte
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Digital Transformation of Retail Work: The Rise of Chaotic Rationalisation
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how new digital technologies are transforming labour processes in frontline jobs in United States (US) store‐based retail, examining the US as an extreme case of labour market liberalisation. Research on technological change presents three scenarios: job displacement, job enrichment and ‘digital Taylorism’ involving heightened ...
Chris Tilly, Françoise Carré
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Argumentation et Analyse du Discours, 2008 This article analyzes the construction of the French students’ collective ethos during the Algerian War. Unsettled by the events, a large fraction within the leadership of the National Union of the Students of France (UNEF), the only representative ...
Eithan Orkibi
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Productivity dynamics among union locals in the United States
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract Using panel data on union locals in the United States we examine the dynamics of the union sector, investigating the impact of inter‐union competition on locals' productivity and survival. We find low entry rates, high exit rates and high levels of productivity dispersion in the sector.
Thomas Breda, Alex Bryson, John Forth
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Unolympic Unionism or Apocryphal Olympism? Ideas for future anti-doping governance
Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, 2015 This article aims to present ideas for future anti-doping governance by considering the relative merits of trade union-based athlete representation (ATU) as opposed to the current system of so-called athletes’ commissions or athletes’ committees (AC). It
Jacob Kornbeck
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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
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