Global Framework Agreements and Trade Unions as Monitoring Agents in Transnational Corporations
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-019-04115-w
Abstract: In combining the micropolitics approach in international management, the industrial relations literature and business ethics, this article conceptualizes global framework agreements as an alliance between central CSR managers of transnational corporations and central actors within… read more here.
Keywords: framework agreements; transnational corporations; trade unions; global framework ... See more keywords
The role of trade unions in social-ecological transformation: Overcoming the impasse of the current growth model and the imperial mode of living
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.284
Abstract: Abstract In scholarly and political debates on transformation towards sustainability or along social-ecological lines, employees and trade unions are hardly ever mentioned. The latter still largely represent a perspective that could be summarized as “jobs… read more here.
Keywords: imperial mode; social ecological; trade unions; trade ... See more keywords
United against precarious working conditions? Explaining the role of trade unions in improving migrants’ working conditions in the British and German meat-processing industries
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DOI: 10.1017/s0143814x20000112
Abstract: Abstract The literature has described trade unions’ positions towards both precarious workers and migrant workers as ambivalent. By studying an extreme case, the meat-processing industries in the United Kingdom and in Germany, we show how… read more here.
Keywords: working conditions; meat processing; trade unions; processing industries ... See more keywords
HOW POWERFUL ARE TRADE UNIONS? A SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE APPROACH
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DOI: 10.1017/s1365100516001346
Abstract: This paper proposes a new theoretical framework aimed at understanding the link between technological change, skill premium, and employment. We build an endogenous growth model of directed technological change with vertical research and development (R&D)… read more here.
Keywords: technological change; trade; employment; low skilled ... See more keywords
‘Heart of steel’: how trade unions lobby the European Union over emissions trading
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DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2021.1871812
Abstract: This contribution aims to provide a better understanding of trade unions’ engagement with climate change policies. It analyses the interactions between intra- and interorganizational bargaining, ta... read more here.
Keywords: heart steel; unions lobby; lobby european; steel trade ... See more keywords
The China Price: The All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the Repressed Question of International Labour Standards
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DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2016.1205820
Abstract: Abstract The focus of this paper is the character and role of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in securing and sustaining a cheap labour regime within China. This labour regime is shaping the… read more here.
Keywords: china federation; federation trade; trade unions; trade ... See more keywords
‘Second to None in the International Fight’: Australian Seafarers Internationalism and Maritime Unions Against Apartheid
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DOI: 10.1177/0022009417719998
Abstract: The participation of trade unions in the anti-apartheid movement is a subject which arguably merits more attention. This article brings into focus a group of unionists whose activism against apartheid was in the forefront of… read more here.
Keywords: unions apartheid; maritime unions; australian seafarers; second none ... See more keywords
Combatting exploitation of migrant temporary agency workers through sectoral self-regulation in the UK and the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1177/09596801211052532
Abstract: The recent growth of precarious work has sparked a vivid debate on whether this tendency can be reversed by the social partners through sectoral self-regulation. In this sectoral case study of the temporary work agencies… read more here.
Keywords: sectoral self; combatting exploitation; self regulation; regulation ... See more keywords
Nepal’s Social Security Reforms, State-building and the Role of Trade Unions
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DOI: 10.1177/0973174119849776
Abstract: Trade unions play an important role in Nepal’s post-conflict economic development, but their influence is under-studied. Using a qualitative case study, this article examines the negotiations surrounding the development of Nepal’s Labour Law and Social… read more here.
Keywords: state; role; trade; social security ... See more keywords
Triggering Solidarity Actions towards Contingent Workers and the Unemployed. The Point of View of Grassroots Trade Unionists and Labour Activists
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DOI: 10.1285/i20356609v11i1p121
Abstract: Since the 1980s, trade unions have suffered a decrease in membership, public legitimacy and the capacity to achieve their core objectives. Renewal strategies have varied, depending on the national context. Part of them focused on… read more here.
Keywords: contingent workers; grassroots trade; trade; towards contingent ... See more keywords
The Role of Trade Unions as a Subject of Social Partnership in the Settlement of Labor Disputes
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DOI: 10.14505/jarle.v11.3(49).33
Abstract: The most important actor of the system of social partnership are trade unions, which often act as democratic institutions of society. The aim of the study is to determine the role of trade unions as… read more here.
Keywords: labor disputes; social partnership; labor; trade unions ... See more keywords