Books and reports
May 2020
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Publication
Organizing matters: Two logics of trade union representation
14 May 2020
This book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities in an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment.
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Global Deal for Decent Work & Inclusive Growth - Thematic Brief
Social Dialogue and the Future of Work
12 May 2020
December 2017
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Book
Trade unions and migrant workers: New contexts and challenges in Europe
20 December 2017
This timely book analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015.
September 2012
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Publication
Labour in the Global South: Challenges and alternatives for workers
20 September 2012
“Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.” −Edward Webster, University of Kassel, Germany, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
June 2012
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Publication
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
November 2011
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Publication
IJLR - Towards a Sustainable Economic Recovery: The case for a wage-led policies
22 November 2011
International Journal of Labour Research - IJLR, Vol.III/2, 2011. While much attention has been deservedly given to the financial roots of the current economic crisis, the role of wages as a cause as well as a solution has yet to be fully understood. To help fill this gap, this issue of the International Journal of Labour Research is largely dedicated to this topic.
September 2011
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Publication
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.
June 2011
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Publication
There is an alternative: Economic policies and labour strategies beyond the mainstream
09 June 2011
A key message of the 2011 Global Labour Column anthology is that we need a plurality of ideas in order to develop and ultimately choose between different policy options. This volume will be of great interest to academic scholars as well as trade union activists and policy-makers.
June 2010
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Publication
Don't waste the crisis: Critical perspectives for a new economic model
09 June 2010
This collection of short articles examines the causes and consequences of the global financial crisis, with a focus on labour. The articles suggest ways to strengthen labour’s capacity to influence policy debate, offering inspiration to those who feel that national and international policies must change and who are convinced that the labour movement has much to contribute after years of declining influence.
October 2009
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Publication
IJLR - Trade union strategies towards global production systems
21 October 2009
IJLR, Vol. I/1, 2009 - This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research emphasizes on the emergence of global production systems and the consequences for trade unions. These include the increasingly international challenges trade unions are facing, as well as the necessity to develop new strategies for effective organization and collective bargaining in order to take advantage of the opportunities presented by globalization.