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Structure and agency: Clash or complement towards quality public education within the South African legislative framework?

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Education, 2019
In the current South African society, characterised by typical neo-liberal market-driven priorities also forced upon the education sector, the search for quality education needs careful consideration.
Nontsha Liwane, JP Rossouw
doaj   +1 more source

The Exit-Voice Tradeoff in the Labor Market: Unionism, Job Tenure, Quits [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the effect of trade unionism on the exit behavior of workers in the context of Hirschman's exit-voice dichotomy. Unionism is expected to reduce quits and permanent separations and raise job tenure by providing a "voice" alternative to
Richard B. Freeman
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Striking for a Just Transition? North American Auto Unions and the Electric Vehicle Transition

open access: yesIndustrial 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
wiley   +1 more source

From Wage Dissatisfaction to Union Expectations: The Mediating Role of Union Perception Among Nurses

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study examines the relationships between wage satisfaction, union perceptions, expectations, and union membership among Turkish nurses, identifying factors associated with union participation. Design Sequential explanatory mixed‐methods design. Methods This two‐phase study (January–July 2023) included: (1) a quantitative survey of 210
Salih Tosun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds: Local Solidarity in a Global Economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
[Excerpt] Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds is an energizing, optimistic book. By using the contemporary metropolis as a comparative laboratory to see what contexts and strategies contribute best to labor revitalization, Lowell Turner, Daniel ...
Cornfield (Editor), Daniel B   +1 more
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Regulating Uncharted Waters: The EU Platform Work Directive Between Uncertainty, Lobbyism and Politicisation

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2024, the EU adopted a much‐debated directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which aims to facilitate the correct classification of people performing platform work and regulates the use of algorithmic management. The initiative attracted intense lobbying from digital platforms and trade unions, whilst dividing the member ...
Sven Schreurs
wiley   +1 more source

Conflictividad laboral y politización. Una aproximación a las orientaciones políticas del sindicalismo en el “neoliberalismo maduro”, 1989-2015

open access: yesNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2017
Considering the theoretical and historical discussion about the politicization potential of the workers' movement, and the analysis of the most relevant political orientations that can be inferred about the labor movement in the post-dictatorial period ...
Karim Campusano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Right-to-Work Laws on Union Organizing [PDF]

open access: yes
In contrast to previous studies which have examined the impact of Right-to-Work (RTW) laws on the level or stock of union membership, this paper examines their impact on the most updated flow into membership and the organizing of workers through ...
David T. Ellwood, Glenn A. Fine
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