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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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British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Polycrisis—understood as intersecting crises that amplify each other rather than unfolding separately—poses profound challenges for employment relations theory and practice. The employment relationship is simultaneously a site where the effects of crises are most acutely experienced and a central mechanism through which profit is generated ...
Tony Dobbins +4 more
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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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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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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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The Role of Union Legitimacy and Identity in Shaping Strategic Choice
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores how union legitimacy and identity shape union strategies. It highlights that while union identity is key to understanding strategic variation, legitimacy also plays a crucial role as unions must continuously earn and maintain it with various constituencies.
Geneviève Coderre‐LaPalme +1 more
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Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2015 El presente trabajo analiza los hitos históricos más relevantes del proceso evolutivo del sindicalismo venezolano. Se discutirá la etapa de deterioro del movimiento sindical, en el que esta organización se vio arrastrada por la inercia de una crisis ...
Luis Lauriño Torrealba
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Assessing the Employee Welfare Impact of Right‐To‐Work Laws: Insights From State‐Level Legislation
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the effect of right‐to‐work (RTW) laws on employee welfare using the stacked difference‐in‐differences (DiD) methodology. We posit that RTW laws weaken collective bargaining power, increase free riding, and ultimately reduce employee welfare. We document a significant employee welfare decline following RTW adoption, especially among
Shima Amini +2 more
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Evaluating the Role and Impact of Tanzanian Trade Unions on Worker’s Welfare from 2016 to 2021
iRASD Journal of ManagementThis study appraised the role of the trade unions during the five years of the fifth phase regime in Tanzania in addressing employee’s concerns. The main aim was to assess the views of trade union members on how they view functioning of their unions ...
Paul Loisulie
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Striking for a Just Transition? North American Auto Unions and the Electric Vehicle Transition
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decarbonization heightens risks for workers, but union strategies shape how these risks are managed and whether new jobs offer quality employment. This paper compares U.S. and Canadian auto unions during the 2023 Detroit Three bargaining, focusing on strategic capacities and internal politics to explain their divergent responses to the EV ...
Mathieu Dupuis, Ian Greer, Dongwoo Park
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