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Multinationals and Unionism in Indonesia [PDF]
, 2007 This paper presents a critical analysis of the factors shaping the interaction between multinationals and trade unions in Indonesia, focusing on the recent period of democratization following the downfall of the Suharto regime. It has been suggested that
Rachmawati, R. (Riani) +1 more
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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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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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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Human resource management as a substitute for trade unions in British workplaces [PDF]
, 2005 The authors use British workplace data for 1980–98 to examine whether increased human resource management (HRM) practices coincided with union decline, consistent with the hypothesis that such practices act as a substitute for unionization.
Machin, S.J., Wood, S.
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Social Movement Unionism or Social Justice Unionism? Disentangling Theoretical Confusion within the Global Labor Movement [PDF]
, 2014 After the election of John Sweeney as President of the AFL-CIO in October 1995, activists and supportive intellectuals in the United States began thinking about how to revitalize the almost moribund American labor movement.
Scipes, Kim
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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 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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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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Union Voices: Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing [PDF]
, 2013 [Excerpt] This book tells the story of what is, in our view, probably the most significant development in British trade unionism of recent years: the increasing focus on organizing activity.
Heery, Edmund +2 more
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