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Latin American "free-trade unionism" and the cold War: an analysis based on educational policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The political education of workers and their leaders was viewed as a strategic concern in the cold war period’s bipolar world. This article discusses how this issue was dealt with by Latin American reformist trade unions grouped together in the Inter ...
Scodeller, Gabriela Noemi
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Long Shadow of ‘Populist Punitiveness’—Why Public Opinion May Not Preclude Increasing the Age of Criminal Responsibility in England and Wales

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides one of the first broad reviews of global research on public opinion regarding the age of criminal responsibility (ACR) alongside findings from a small‐scale exploratory survey of adults in England and Wales. Reviewed studies show strong support for raising the ACR across regions like Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong and ...
Harriet Pierpoint, Kathy Hampson
wiley   +1 more source

A Universidade e o Estado Novo: De “corporação orgânica” do regime a território de dissidência social

open access: yesRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2008
This article aims to relate the discourse of the ‘New State’ on the University and on student association organisms (reproduction) to the strategies for survival and imagination of the student movement itself (dissent).
Álvaro Garrido
doaj   +1 more source

What do unions do at the large scale? Macro-economic evidence from a panel of OECD countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the long-run relationship between trade unionism and productivity using a panel data set comprising of 18 OECD economies. Much of the existing evidence on this issue derives from micro-economic studies, with limited attention paid
Dimitrios Asteriou   +1 more
core  

Labor Bookshelf [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
[Excerpt] The four books under review here argue against the statistics by telling story upon story of the activities that clearly have the potential for reversing labor\u27s demise.
Metzgar, Jack
core   +1 more source

The Role of Union Legitimacy and Identity in Shaping Strategic Choice

open access: yesIndustrial 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
wiley   +1 more source

Using the Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment (PSILCA) database for product comparison: Confetti case study. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Life Cycle Assess, 2023
Tragnone BM   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing the Employee Welfare Impact of Right‐To‐Work Laws: Insights From State‐Level Legislation

open access: yesIndustrial 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
wiley   +1 more source

Building Cross-Border Trade Union Solidarity in the Americas: Putting Organizational Identities at Stake

open access: yesEntreciencias: Diálogos en la Sociedad del Conocimiento, 2022
Purpose:This article considers an in-depth intra-case analysis of a North-South alliance that came into being in the Americas, where the absence of any state power regulating such initiatives makes their emergence more complex.   Methodological design:To
Melanie Dufour-Poirier
doaj  

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