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1. The Future of Global Unions - Alan Howard Author : peter waterman
Peter Waterman says: An important piece in so far as it comes from the unions and is addressed to the unions - and because it takes up many of the issues on 'social movement unionism' I and others pioneered in the later-1980s. I myself feel t...

Saturday, 16 August 2008 | Read more...

2. The drive towards agency employment – why employers favour agency staff Author : Sonia McKay
Over the last decade, the use of temporary agency work has increased markedly. Estimates by the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies for the UK suggest that in 2005 there were some 6,000 officially designated employment agencie...

Monday, 23 June 2008 | Read more...

3. The European trade union movement today - a rapid overview Author : peter waterman
The neo-liberal policies of the last twenty years have had important consequences for the trade union movement. We have, however, to make a distinction between the objective effects, those that are so to speak interiorised, of these policies on the t...

Sunday, 07 October 2007 | Read more...

4. Training, union recognition and collective bargaining Author : Mark Stuart and Andrew Robinson
Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey by Mark Stuart and Andrew Robinson; Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change University of Leeds This report explores the potential effect of trade unions on training...

Friday, 27 July 2007 | Read more...

5. The economics of migration: managing the impacts Author : Richard Exell
"The Economics of Migration" argues that migrant workers are not responsible for unemployment or low pay and are not a drain on the welfare state. The policy response to migration should be to provide extra training for low-skilled workers ...

Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

6. The North’s Economy: The Trade Union View Author : Ian Fitzgerald and John Stirling
Economics has often been referred to as ‘the dismal science’ and it is certain that the story of the Northern Region’s economy has made for dismal reading for many years now. This Report was commissioned by the North Regional TUC to...

Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

7. The closure of LG Phillips: AMICUS reps baseline questionnaire Author : Ian Fitzgerald
This report presents the first-part of a three-part survey of AMICUS LG Phillips trade union representatives. The survey was undertaken during the closure period of the LG Phillips plant in County Durham, AMICUS tendered Northumbria University to und...

Friday, 13 July 2007 | Read more...

8. The challenges for unions organising in the context of global capital Author : Frances O'Grady
Frances O’Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary This session will set the scene for the conference. The presentation will introduce the conference focusing on the challenges faced by unions as a consequence of the growth in global capital. Ho...

Monday, 28 May 2007 | Read more...

9. TUC Organising Bulletin Author : TUC/LRD
Labour Research bulletin focusing on union organising success stories.

Friday, 25 May 2007 | Read more...

10. Trade unions and politics Author : John Lloyd
There is much interest in how political parties are funded. From a trade union point of view this debate really focuses on how Labour is funded. And within the debate about Labour’s finances, the unions have to deal with the fact that the lar...

Monday, 05 March 2007 | Read more...

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