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1. Overcoming the Crisis of Labour and Unionism under Contemporary Capitalist Conditions Author : peter waterman
September 2007 I was invited by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) to speak to a number of left union, academic and social movement events. The KCTU is evidently not simply confronted by the global crisis of trade unionism but trying to ...

Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

2. Old Discontents, New Movements: A Season of Reflection? Author : peter waterman
There will be several events worldwide during the third quarter of 2007, all, it occurs to me, concerned with the new edge of labour internationalism. This new edge is where it touches on or overlaps with the new emancipatory social movement thinki...

Monday, 06 August 2007 | Read more...

3. Organising to learn and learning to organise Author : Chris Warhurst, Patricia Findlay and Paul Thompson
This research paper by the Scottish Centre for Employment Research examines the relationship between learning and union organising in three very different workplaces. The in-depth case studies demonstrate that union-led workplace learning can encom...

Friday, 27 July 2007 | Read more...

4. Organising out of decline – The rebuilding of the UK and Ireland shop stewards movement Author : Sharon Graham, National Organiser, Unite (T&G)
Sharon Graham is a National Organiser and the Director of Organising at the T&G section of Unite. In this article she presents the case that succesful organising must be built on the cornerstone of a re-empowered shop stewards movement focu...

Thursday, 19 July 2007 | Read more...

5. Organising Migrant Workers – Internationally and locally Author : Martin Smith
Martin Smith, National Organiser GMB The globalization of capital implies an increased mobility of labour. It challenges how workers identify themselves, but also provides new opportunities for building solidarity within workplaces and across con...

Monday, 28 May 2007 | Read more...

6. Organising in Europe Author : Paul Nowak
Questions and contributions to the Organising in Europe session at the 2007 UIN Conference.

Monday, 21 May 2007 | Read more...

7. Organising vulnerable workers Author : Paul Nowak
Questions and contributions to the 'Organising vulnerable workers' session at the 2007 UIN Conference.

Monday, 21 May 2007 | Read more...

8. Organising To Win Author : Kevin Curran
In this Compass pamphlet, Kevin Curran, International Union of Foodworkers (IUF) official and former General Secretary of the GMB, puts forward some ideas about how the trade union movement could meet some of the challenges it face. None of them...

Monday, 11 September 2006 | Read more...

9. Online campaigns - poll shows the promise and the challenge Author : Eric Lee
In May 2006 LabourStart asked its readers to participate in what was probably the first-ever global survey of trade unionists on the subject of online campaigning. The survey was not in any sense of the word scientific. It was conducted on...

Friday, 23 June 2006 | Read more...

10. Organising migrant workers: evidence from TUC funded work Author : Ian Fitzgerald
The employment of migrant workers has long been an issue for some trade unions (e.g. Irish migrant workers and UCATT) but following the accession of the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) migrant workers are now a phenomenon on the radars...

Thursday, 01 June 2006 | Read more...

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