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Gender &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
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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The 1984-1985 UK Miners’ Strike and the Rise of Social Movement Unionism
Revue Française de Civilisation BritanniqueThe 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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Union Democracy and Labour Rights: A Cautionary Tale
Global 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
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The First World War at Sea: Death, Commemoration and Cultural Remembrance
History, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the ever‐increasing body of work devoted to war memorials, national days of remembrance and the commemoration of the First World War in Britain, academic focus remains firmly on the commemoration of the First World War on land. Yet, while the number of people who died at sea paled in comparison to their counterparts on the battlefield ...
ROWAN THOMPSON
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La Nouvelle Revue du TravailSince the mid-2010s, there has been a resurgence of interest in studies on labour and trade unionism in Africa. This Corpus contributes to this dynamic by bringing together six contributions that examine various sectors and categories of workers north ...
Emmanuelle Bouilly +2 more
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Establishment and Organization of Public Servants Trade Unions in Turkey
Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2017 Democratic stades granted trade union rights to all employees, including public officials. Turkey is one of this countries which granted trade unions rights to public officials. With amendments made in 2012 in the law no.
Hakan Cindemir
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School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?
History, EarlyView.Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
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Revista Colección, 2018 In the present article an approximation is made to the changes of meaning in the definition of trade unionism and its place in the organization of the Peronist movement, analyzed from the discourses of Juan D. Perón between 1946 and 1955.
Joaquín Aldao +2 more
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TRADE UNION MOVEMENT: STRANGE AGENT ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SANTA CRUZ, RS
Redes, 2011 The history of trade unionism in Rio Grande do Sul is still very patchy, both in the analysis of strategies used in the workers' struggle, and in the identification of these social subjects.
Iran da Costa Pas, Roberto Radünz
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