UNION DISCUSSIONS OF GENDER EQUALITY IN THE SWEDISH TRADE UNION NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTEN, 1961–1989
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DOI: 10.1080/03468755.2018.1505653
Abstract: Sweden is arguably one of the most gender-equal countries in the world, and the historical development of that equality has been studied in detail. However, less is known about how the idea of gender equality… read more here.
Keywords: gender equality; union; trade union; equality ... See more keywords
Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors
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DOI: 10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2021.184497
Abstract: This article analyses cross-border trade union networks in Transnational Corporations (TNCs) in the metal and chemical, garment, retail, and commercial banking sectors in Brazil. Conceptualized as global union responses to the growing reach of TNCs,… read more here.
Keywords: trade union; cross border; border trade; union ... See more keywords
Labour leaders as identity entrepreneurs: Identity formation in the Swedish trade union movement in the 1920s
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DOI: 10.1177/00016993221116253
Abstract: This article explores how cohesive labour movements are created. Although overlooked by previous research, strategic labour leaders that act as identity entrepreneurs can play a decisive role in class formation processes. Using the Swedish trade… read more here.
Keywords: labour leaders; movement; identity; union ... See more keywords
Labour market segmentation and mobility as determinants of trade union membership: A study from Denmark
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x17738115
Abstract: This article analyses if and to what extent labour market segmentation and labour market mobility influence trade union density. Some industries and sectors have stable employment domains and employees stay to a high degree within… read more here.
Keywords: mobility; labour market; segmentation; trade union ... See more keywords
On the outside looking in? A micro-level analysis of insiders’ and outsiders’ trade union membership
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x19890130
Abstract: Although studies have signaled a gap in trade union representation between workers with secure employment (i.e., ‘insiders’) and those without (i.e., ‘outsiders’), this gap has rarely been empirically analyzed at the micro-level. With recent micro-level… read more here.
Keywords: union membership; trade union; micro level; union ... See more keywords
Do participation structures affect workers’ voice?
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x221076178
Abstract: Employees’ democratic right to participate is a core element of Nordic labour market models exercised both through representative and indirect participation as well as individual and direct participation. This article analyses representative participation and whether… read more here.
Keywords: participation structures; union representatives; trade union; participation ... See more keywords
Trade union influence on innovation in the British private sector: Direct and indirect paths
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x221086015
Abstract: This article examines relationships between trade unions and firms’ innovation activity. Drawing on nationally representative data covering 1,384 firms in the UK, the article employs probit analysis to estimate the effect of trade union representation… read more here.
Keywords: innovation; union; trade union; union influence ... See more keywords
The influence of the political attitudes of workers and the effect of the Great Recession on the decision to join a trade union in Southern Europe
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x231174473
Abstract: One of the distinctive characteristics of the trade union model in Southern Europe is the clear political persuasion of the dominant confederations (mainly left-wing) and, with the exception of Italy, their low membership density. The… read more here.
Keywords: political attitudes; influence; great recession; southern europe ... See more keywords
Understanding Translation Work: The evolving interpretation of a trade union idea
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DOI: 10.1177/0170840616670435
Abstract: This paper uses data from a longitudinal, seven-year, cross-national study to explore the translation of a trade union idea. The aim of the paper is to examine and explicate the nature of the translation work… read more here.
Keywords: translation work; translation; idea; trade union ... See more keywords
Inside the trade union family: The ‘two worlds’ within the European Trade Union Confederation
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DOI: 10.1177/0959680118760630
Abstract: The enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007 to the post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe brought an encounter between two distinct ‘trade union worlds’ in terms of attitudes towards European integration. Unions… read more here.
Keywords: trade; trade union; union confederation; european trade ... See more keywords
Is a new paradigm needed? A commentary on the analysis by Sławomir Adamczyk
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DOI: 10.1177/0959680118760631
Abstract: In this commentary, we support the core thesis of Sławomir Adamczyk that there exist ‘two trade union worlds’ within the European Trade Union Confederation, but our emphasis is somewhat different. The East–West divide can be… read more here.
Keywords: trade union; awomir adamczyk; new paradigm;