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Two Hundred Million Pound Strike
The 2003 British Airways Walkout
Av Ed Blissett
Häftad, 2021
669 kr
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This book describes and analyses the 2003 British Airways (BA) Customer Service Agents’ (CSA) 24-hour unofficial strike. It examines the lead up to the dispute, in which negotiations failed to reach an agreement over the launch of BA’s Automatic Time Recording and Integrated Airport Resource …
Rise and Decline of Brazil’s New Unionism
The Politics of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores
Häftad, 2010
924 kr
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This book explores the political trajectory of Latin America’s most important contemporary labor movement. The New Unionism played a central role in Brazil’s struggle for democracy in the 1980s and recast the country’s subsequent party politics through its creation of the innovative Workers’ Party …
Trade Unions in West Africa
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Av Craig Phelan
Häftad, 2011
826 kr
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This book investigates the state of trade unionism in Africa’s most populous regional economic zone. With the exception of the former British colonies of Nigeria and Ghana, surprisingly little has been written on the trade union movements that have played such pivotal roles in the histories of the …
Tomorrow It Could Be You
Strikes and Boycotts in South Africa, 1978-1982
Häftad, 2011
1107 kr
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Tomorrow It Could Be You unearths the historical significance of strikes and boycotts between 1978 and 1982 in South Africa’s Cape Province and explores their vital role in strengthening the country’s growing political movement. Drawing on archival research and interviews with union leaders, …
ACFTU and Chinese Industrial Relations
Av Zhining Ma
Häftad, 2011
522 kr
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In the context of China’s growing influence over the global economy, its newly developed labour market and the subsequent series of industrial relations issues have captured much attention. However, research on industrial relations and labour problems in China is relatively underdeveloped. The …
«In the Interest of Democracy»
The Rise and Fall of the Early Cold War Alliance Between the American Federation of Labor and the Central Intelligence Agency
Häftad, 2011
809 kr
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Until recently, there has been little concrete evidence linking the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to the U.S. government’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In this book, based upon recently opened archival collections, the author investigates this …
Global and European Trade Union Federations
A Handbook and Analysis of Transnational Trade Union Organizations and Policies- Translated by Pete Burgess
Av Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Torsten Müller
Häftad, 2011
1181 kr
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The continuing advance of globalization, together with deepening European integration, has increased the significance of the transnational level of trade union organization and action. This study offers a comprehensive overview of the development, structure, and policies of global and European …
Radical Unions in Europe and the Future of Collective Interest Representation
Av Heather Connolly, Lefteris Kretsos m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
762 kr
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This book analyses contemporary trends in radical unionism in Europe. It contains nine country case-studies that probe the limits and possibilities of trade union renewal with a focus on radical activity. The editors follow a broad definition of radical unionism, including trade union organisations …
No Women Jump Out!
Gender Exclusion, Labour Organization and Political Leadership in Antigua 1917-1970
Häftad, 2013
846 kr
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This book aims to provide a history of twentieth-century labour in the British colony of Antigua and Barbuda. It documents the labour and class struggles between landowners and peasants both before and after the legalization and formation of trades and labour unions in 1940. It exposes the …
Cross-National Comparisons of Social Movement Unionism
Diversities of Labour Movement Revitalization in Japan, Korea and the United States
Av Akira Suzuki
Häftad, 2012
753 kr
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For the past two decades efforts to halt the decline in union numbers and revitalize the labour movement have largely resided in social movement unionism (SMU). In the first English-language book to compare SMU in Japan, Korea and the United States, scholars from the three countries examine its …
Transnational Company Bargaining and the Europeanization of Industrial Relations
Prospects for a Negotiated Order
Av Stephan Rüb, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1708 kr
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Over the past decade, European company-level employment regulation has emerged: European Works Councils (EWCs) and trade unions have begun to negotiate company-level collective agreements which have a far-reaching impact across borders on issues as diverse as company restructuring, health and …
Inside the Unions
A Comparative Analysis of Policy-Making in Australian and British Printing and Telecommunication Trade Unions
Av Ed Blissett
Häftad, 2013
785 kr
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This book consists of a comparative analysis of policy-making in Australian and British telecommunications and printing trade unions. It tests the validity of different theoretical models of union policy-making and behaviour, whilst also assessing the strength of the book’s hypothesis, that …
Women and Trade Unions in France
The Tobacco and Hat Industries, 1890–1914
Av Sandra Salin
Häftad, 2014
1074 kr
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Based on the thorough examination of French archival sources, this book examines in detail two industries in which women formed the majority of the workforce in France between 1890 and 1914. The choice of the tobacco and hat industries is particularly relevant in the sense that the tobacco …
Italians Who Built Toronto
Italian Workers and Contractors in the City’s Housebuilding Industry, 1950–1980
Häftad, 2014
1078 kr
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After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Italians emigrated to Toronto. This book describes their labour, business, social and cultural history as they settled in their new home. It addresses fundamental issues that impacted both them and the city, including ethnic economic niching, …
Paths to Transnational Solidarity
Identity-Building Processes in European Works Councils
Av Hermann Kotthoff, Michael Whittall m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
673 kr
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With national industrial relations systems struggling to keep apace with the global and mobile nature of capital, the emergence of the European works council has caught the imagination of both practitioners and scholars of this institution in the last two decades. European works councils find …
Europeanization of Industrial Relations in the Service Sector
Problems and Perspectives in a Heterogeneous Field
Av Stefan Rüb, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
576 kr
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The service sector has not always received the attention it merits in industrial relations research when set against its enormous economic significance. One factor in this is certainly the highly diverse nature of services. Research attention has also lagged behind long-standing processes of …
Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History. Volume 1
Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Av Craig Phelan
Häftad, 2009
1956 kr
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This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalisation. In two volumes it provides introductory overviews of trade union development since the end of World War II in 26 countries from every corner …
Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History. Volume 2
The Americas, Asia and Australia
Av Craig Phelan
Häftad, 2009
1020 kr
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This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalisation. In two volumes it provides introductory overviews of trade union development since the end of World War II in 26 countries from every corner …
