initial imprinting of the model, which stemmed from the circumstances in which the trade unions were reconstituted at the end … ideological lines, and within a context of enduring voluntarism and low institutionalisation, the Italian trade unions, which …

Labor unions have been in existence for over two hundred years, initially as craft organizations, and more recently as … employees whose employers provided them with such benefits to preclude their unionization. Unions have also provided members …

might be complementary with the logic-of-influence approach favoured by today's mainstream trade unions. Building alliances …

subjected to content and discourse analysis. The article argues that trade unions can enhance their position through the … accustomed to orienting their action in the public sphere. In this effort trade unions may draw upon the more explicitly … normative and substantive dimension of labour law as a resource to legitimise and garner support for the unions’ objectives …