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1. Israeli employment programme changed after protest Author : Dirk Kloosterboer
Unions and community organisations have attempted to organise and represent participants in ‘workfare’ and ‘work first’ employment programmes, but these attempts have not always been successful. In Israel, protests helped br...

Friday, 21 December 2007 | Read more...

2. International Unions Embrace World Social Forum Author : peter waterman
A commentary on the public declaration by the International Trade Union Confederation of support for the World Social Forum's Day of Action, January 26, 2008. The declaration is seen as innovatory in a number of respects but problematic, given ...

Thursday, 06 December 2007 | Read more...

3. IBM Elsevier Science and Academic freedom Author : Bailar,Cicolla,Harrison, Ladou, Levy,Rohm,Teitelbaum,Wang, Watterson and Yoshida
Elsevier Science refused to publish an occupational health study of IBM workers that IBM sought to keep from public view. The paper discusses the OHSE issues and the implications of such actions for academic freedom and dissemination of research affe...

Sunday, 07 October 2007 | Read more...

4. International Labour Studies(UK) in the Light of Social Justice and Solidarity (Globally) Author : peter waterman
This review article covers five recent books and two websites concerned with international labour struggles and/or labour internationalism. It cnsiders these in the light not of classical or contemporary labour theory or ideologies but in that of the...

Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

5. Is Another Trade Union Movement Possible? Author : Marsha Jane Thompson and Nick Venedi
In this essay we consider the challenges which face the trade union movement and try to tease out some of the threads from which we believe it may be possible to weave a new trade unionism for the twenty first century.

Friday, 25 May 2007 | Read more...

6. Innovative Trade Union Strategies Author : Dirk Kloosterboer
In a way, the trade union movement must reinvent itself in order to deal with the challenges of the 21st century. Innovative trade union strategies describes successful examples of how trade unions across the world have taken on today's challenge...

Friday, 25 May 2007 | Read more...

7. Immigrant Workers and Labor/Community Organization in the U.S. Author : Kim Moody
An introduction to the extent and conditions of immigrant workers in the U.S. and their organization into trade unions and community-based "worker centres."

Friday, 05 January 2007 | Read more...

8. Industrial Relations Journal Author : Union Ideas Network (UIN)
Industrial Relations Journal reports good practice and sound research in industrial relations, industrial relations management and industrial relations law in the UK, the European Union, eastern Europe and elsewhere with regular new features from Eur...

Tuesday, 26 September 2006 | Read more...

9. ILO to promote global asbestos ban Author : Rory ONeill
The International Labour Office (ILO) is to pursue a global ban on asbestos, the world’s biggest ever industrial killer. The landmark decision came with the adoption of a resolution on 14 June 2006 at the ILO conference in Geneva and followed a...

Tuesday, 20 June 2006 | Read more...

10. Is there enough working time flexibility? Author : Shirley Dex
In the days of high unemployment we probably thought it was good to have a job at all, and rather petty to be arguing about the time of day the work had to be carried out. But there are serious issues relating to the time of day and the days of the...

Wednesday, 05 April 2006 | Read more...

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