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Trade union rights have a considerably long history in Russia. First trade unions were organized as early as in the XIX … trade union activity was delineated. From that time trade unions began to acquire more and more substantive political and … unions in the field of employees’ representation. But none of the alternative bodies had ever acquired such power as trade …
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paper argues that, in the specific area of pensions, unions representing high-skilled workers and the core industrial … sectors of the economy have been paradoxically led to increase their cooperation with unions representing the less privileged … segments of labor, and this in order to improve coverage of private pensions across the board. These unions' motivations for …
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It is well known that the organizing environment for labor unions in the U.S. has deteriorated dramatically over a long … environment will lead unions not only to contest fewer elections but also to focus on larger potential bargaining units and on …
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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 …
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This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...
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One of the best keep secrets in New York law is that most labor unions are immune from legal liability simply because … they are organized as an unincorporated association. In jurisdictions such as New York, which follow common law, unions … little sense today, particularly when applied to labor unions. Public policy is certainly not furthered by blind obedience to …
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Subcontracting — the practice of using intermediaries to contract workers, whether through temp agencies, manpower agencies, franchise, or other multilayered contracting — is an increasingly popular pattern of employment worldwide. Whether justified from a business perspective or not,...
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renewal in Canadian public sector unions. This article engages with discussions of union renewal by way of theoretically … conceptualizing the modes of union praxis relevant to Canadian unions. It then examines the nature of neoliberal public sector reform … and assesses the experiences of Canadian public sector unions under neoliberalism. In this difficult context, unions that …
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Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining …
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