Publications

Confronting Finance: Mobilizing the 99% for economic and social progress

15 June 2012

"The Global Labour Column has become a valuable source of analysis of current economic trends that affect working people all over the world. This anthology brings together critical pieces on many issues (fiscal strategies, finance policies, social protection, strategies for job creation and much more), encompassing different regions and various perspectives." -Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Trade Unions and the Global Crisis: Labour’s Visions, Strategies and Responses

30 September 2011

If the recent global economic crisis has debilitated labour in many parts of the world, many segments of the trade union movement have been fighting back, combining traditional and innovative strategies and articulating alternatives to the dominant political and economic models. This book offers a composite overview of the responses of trade unions and other workers’ organizations to neoliberal globalization in general and to the recent financial crisis in particular.

Global Capital Strategies and Trade Union Responses: Collective Bargaining and Transnational Trade Union cooperation

01 December 2009

International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 2:The new issue of the International Journal of Labour Research presents a collection of papers that analyse in detail the character of global capital strategies and their impact on workers, as well as trade union responses to these strategies, in particular responses related to the development of transnational forms of collective bargaining.

Trade union strategies towards global production systems

09 October 2009

International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 1: The International Journal of Labour Research is published by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities. It provides an overview of recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. The International Journal of Labour Research is multidisciplinary and will be of interest to trade union researchers, labour ministries and academics of all relevant disciplines - industrial relations, sociology, law, economics and political science. It is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish.

Globalization and the sectors

01 January 2006

This issue of Labour Education 2006/1,No. 142 on “globalization and the sectors”, does not set out to be exhaustive. The Global Union Federations (GUFs) have to battle on many fronts. They encounter problems that are specifi c to their sectors.However, their efforts all feed into a joint approach to the challenges facing the trade union movement in the world today. Those challenges include promoting respect for human and trade union rights worldwide and defending equality, as well as strengthening the ranks of the trade union movement and its capacity to mobilize, negotiate and bring a sectoral approach to bear on the aim of decent work for all.

Trade unions and the global economy: An unfinished story

04 March 2001

This issue of Labour Education 2001/3-4 Nos. 124-125, is aimed at providing the key elements for such a dialogue to lead to tangible results in shaping a global economy with a human face. Globalization has so far failed to respond to legitimate demands that should be at the top of its agenda. Today, however,there are opportunities to change course. These should not be missed.

The challenge of globalization in Africa: The trade union response

01 February 2001

Labour Education 2001/2 No. 123: While much has been written about these African problems, Labour Education looks at Africa from a different perspective. Africa has resources,both human and natural, it has potential markets and it has moved towards strengthening democracy. How can all this meet the challenges posed by globalization, how can Africa make globalization deliver to its citizens and how can unions contribute to this process? Many answers to these questions can be found in this issue, even if it does not claim to be exhaustive.

The Governance of Globalisation ILO's Contribution

01 January 2000

Interest in the impact of ‘globalization’ has moved beyond the boardroom and banking circles. Today the implications of increased economic interdependence between nations is just as likely to be discussed by a group of workers on the factory floor as it is in the financial press.

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