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European Labour Movements in Crisis
Author | : Thomas Prosser |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2019-02 |
Genre | : Labor movement |
ISBN | : 1526136643 |
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Prosser argues that labour movements respond to European integration in a manner which instigates competition between national labour markets. The book's hypothesis has key implications for debates about labour movements and the EU and its engaging style will captivate scholars, students and policymakers.
Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis
Author | : Andreas Bieler,Roland Erne,Darragh Golden,Idar Helle,Knut Kjeldstadli,Tiago Matos,Sabina Stan |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2015-07-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781783482795 |
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Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other. The global economic crisis has intensified these pressures further. And yet, economic and political integration processes have also provided workers with new possibilities to organize resistance. Emphasizing the importance of agency, this book analyzes transnational labour action in times of crisis, historically and now. It draws on a variety of fascinating cases, across formal and informal collectives, in order to clarify which factors facilitate or block the formation of solidarity. Moving beyond empirical description of cases to an informed understanding of collective action across borders, the volume provides an insightful theorization of transnational action.
Confronting Crisis and Precariousness
Author | : Stefan Schmalz,Brandon Sommer |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2019-07-24 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781786610485 |
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The 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone crisis triggered dramatic changes in European labour relations. Unemployment and precariousness increased considerably. This was further exacerbated by austerity measures, leading to declining minimum wages and layoffs in the public sector. These structural changes varied considerably by country but collectively pose challenges to organized labour as they confront neoliberal restructuring. Concurrently, recent social struggles continue to develop with unemployed and precarious workers playing a major role as protest actors. Focusing on the triangular relationship of precariousness, trade unions and social movements, this book draws on a range of exciting cases, both comparative and country case studies, in order to understand how the shadow of the crisis still haunts organized labour in Europe. The chapters in this collection each offer a unique perspective on how the results of the crisis, in Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, are leading to a variety of new social movements as a consequence of increased precariousness and also how trade unions are attempting to respond.
The Crisis of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Western Europe
Author | : Martin Upchurch,Graham Taylor |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2016-03-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781317036913 |
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There is a developing crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe; this volume outlines the crisis and examines the emerging alternatives. The authors define 'social democratic trade unionism' and its associated party-union nexus and explain how this traditional model has been threatened by social democracy's accommodation to neo-liberal restructuring and public service reform. Examining the experience of Sweden, Germany, Britain and France, the volume explores the historical rise and fall of social democratic trade unionism in each of these countries and probes the policy and practice of the European Trade Union Confederation. The authors critically examine the possibilities for a revival of social democratic unionism in terms of strategic policy and identity, offering suggestions for an alternative, radicalized political unionism. The research value of the book is highlighted by its focus on contemporary developments and its authors' intimate knowledge of the chosen countries.
Labor Movements in the Common Market Countries
Author | : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard |
Publsiher | : New York : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : International labor activities |
ISBN | : UCAL:B4415492 |
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Comparison of labour movements in EC countries and the growth of an international trade union interest group in the face of Western Europe economic integration - describes the relations between the trade unions in the eec and the institutions of the eec, and examines the social policies of the EC, with particular respect to labour mobility, and the harmonisation of social security systems. Bibliography pp. 263 to 272, references and statistical tables.
Social Movements and Organized Labour
Author | : Jürgen R. Grote,Claudius Wagemann |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2018-08-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317053675 |
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This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance for the functioning and the eventual amendment of democratic capitalism. The chapters provide a well-balanced mix of theoretical and empirical accounts on the political, social and economic catalysts behind the changing motives finding expression in a multitude of novel types of joint collective action and inter-organizational alliances. The contributors to this volume go beyond attempting to place unions, movements, crises, precariousness, protests and coalitions at the centre of the research. Instead, they focus on actors who themselves transcend clear-cut social camps. They look at the values and motives underlying collective action by both types of actors as much as at their structural and strategic properties, and inter-organizational relations and networks. This creates a fresh, genuine and historically valid account of the incompatibilities and the commonalities of movements and unions, and of prospects for inter-organizational learning.
Solidarity with Solidarity
Author | : Idesbald Goddeeris |
Publsiher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-07-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780739150726 |
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The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Iindependent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish opposition with humanitarian relief and technical assistance. Labor movements especially stepped into the limelight. A number of Western European unions were concerned about the new international tension following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the new hard-line policy of the US and saw Solidarnosc as a political instrument of clerical and neo-conservative cold warriors. This book analyzes reaction to Solidarnosc in nine Western European countries and within the international trade union confederations. It argues that Western solidarity with Solidarnosc was highly determined by its instrumental value within the national context. Trade unions openly sided with Solidarnosc when they had an interest in doing so, namely when Solidarnosc could strengthen their own program or position. But this book also reveals that reaction in allegedly reluctant countries was massive, albeit discreet, pragmatic, and humanitarian, rather than vocal, emotional, and political.
The Labour Movement in Europe
Author | : Walter Kendall |
Publsiher | : London : Allen Lane |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UCAL:B4414997 |
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Monograph comprising a comparison of trends in respect of labour movements, trade unions and socialist political partys in seven EC countries - includes a bibliography pp. 421 to 441, diagrams, references and statistical tables.