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1. Securing Labour Rights in a Globalising Economy : The Case of India Author : Pravin SINHA
India’s emergence as the 4th largest economy as also a contender for a seat in the UN Security Council is the result of the high pace of economic development that it has achieved in the current phase of liberalisation. In the course of fifteen ...

Monday, 16 July 2007 | Read more...

2. Social inclusion and representation strategies in the workplace and community Author : Miguel Martinez Lucio and Robert Perrett
Social inclusion and representation strategies in the workplace and community: Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) workers and innovative trade union responses Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities incorporate some of most disadvantaged...

Thursday, 08 February 2007 | Read more...

3. Sure, we'll be safe Author : Rory ONeill
What would criminals think if the knew the police presence had dropped by over 25 per cent in three years, and more cuts were planned? That’s exactly what has happened at the workplace, where Health and Safety Executive (HSE) workplace inspec...

Friday, 26 May 2006 | Read more...

4. Sound of Silence Author : Alex Bryson
Willman, P., Bryson, A. and Gomez, R. (2006) ‘The Sound of Silence: Which Employers Choose ‘no voice’ and why?’, Socio-Economic Review, 4: 283-299 Whether employees have ‘voice’ at work is determined, in large...

Saturday, 06 May 2006 | Read more...

5. Slivers-of-Time Working: a new form of Flexible Working Author : Wingham Rowan
Slivers-of-Time Working is a new contribution to the flexible working debate. Only now viable because of the complex technology required, it allows individuals to sell their "spare hours" around other commitments to local employers who need...

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 | Read more...

6. Seven years on -- the UK minimum wage Author : Deborah Littman
When the UK minimum wage came into force in 1999, the rate was set at £3.60 an hour. The trade union movement argued at the time that this was too low to make a significant impact on poverty pay, while the business community claimed that...

Friday, 21 April 2006 | Read more...

7. Seminar at the TUC on 26 April 2006 Author : Jane Holgate
How do media studies students make the transition to employment? Do black and ethnic minority students face additional barriers to entering employment in London’s audio-visual industries? Preliminary findings from the Working Lives Res...

Thursday, 06 April 2006 | Read more...

8. Sicknote Britain? Countering an Urban Legend Author : Union Ideas Network (UIN)
Is Britain a nation of malingerers? Going by some of the newspaper stories of the last few months the answer must be “yes”. The story has a number of elements, each of which from time to time is the focus of attention, but which hang to...

Friday, 10 March 2006 | Read more...

9. Structuring The Transnational Space: Can Europe Resist Multinational Capital? Author : Richard Hyman
In this contribution I focus on some tensions between ‘globalisation’ (as we all know, an imprecise and contested concept) and established mechanisms of employment regulation at national level. To this end I draw on a number of recent e...

Wednesday, 08 March 2006 | Read more...


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