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Too Little, Too Weak? Paid Parental Leaves in Philippine Collective Bargaining Agreements

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When statutory work–family entitlements are deemed insufficient, workers often rely on collective bargaining to secure better terms. However, the extent to which unions can deliver higher than statutory benefits remains underexplored, especially in developing countries with decentralized bargaining systems and low union salience. Bridging this
Vincent Jerald Ramos
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From Inaction to Action: The Cognitive Liberation of Amazon Workers in North Carolina

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the mechanism by which workers move from inaction to collective action, focusing on cognitive liberation, the awareness that change is possible, as it unfolded among workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina who contributed to the emergence of an independent, worker‐led union during a period of renewed growth in organising ...
Carla Lima Aranzaes, Destiny Blackwell
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Theorising the Impacts of Polycrisis on Employment Relations: Complexity and Diversity at a Global Scale

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, Fang Lee Cooke, Rea Prouska, Steve Williams, Sean O'Brady   +4 more
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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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The 1984-1985 UK Miners’ Strike and the Rise of Social Movement Unionism

Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
The 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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Gendering Digitalization: Technology Change in Feminized Supermarket Work

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digitalization is re‐shaping the way work is organized, yet processes of digitalization have largely been examined in male‐dominated workplace contexts like manufacturing and logistics, often with little reference to gender dynamics. This paper explores how workers experience digitalization in the context of a female‐dominated occupation, that
Laura Good, Rae Cooper, Meraiah Foley
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A Universidade e o Estado Novo: De “corporação orgânica” do regime a território de dissidência social

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

The 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
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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, Ruth Reaney   +1 more
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Building Cross-Border Trade Union Solidarity in the Americas: Putting Organizational Identities at Stake

Entreciencias: 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
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