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1. Are ITeS Jobs Really Bad? Author : Pravin SINHA
The advant of new technology have led to transfer of jobs from North to South. These jobs are, no doubt of demanding nature, are comparatively better as there exist a huge stock of employable workforce. The informal sector does provide employment opp...
Thursday, 21 August 2008 | Read more...

2. How do Non-Unionised, Lower Paid Workers respond to Individual Problems at Work? Author : Anna Pollert and Andy Charlwood
In this article, we base our definition of vulnerable workers on non-unionism and weak labour market bargaining power (reflected in being in the bottom half of the pay range, or below median pay) and report on the types of workplace problems they e...
Monday, 23 June 2008 | Read more...

3. 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...

4. Vulnerable workers Author : Ian Fitzgerald and John Stirling
There is little point in an academic debate over definitions when something needs doing about vulnerable workers rather than arguing about them. The TUC’s initiative nationally and in it’s Regions has provided a major impetus to highlig...
Monday, 23 June 2008 | Read more...

5. “Hard Work, Hidden Lives” The Report of the Commission on Vulnerable Employment Author : Trades Union Congress
This paper gives the background and key recommendations of the CoVE investigation into the shocking extent of vulnerable work and employment practices attacked as exploitative in the 19th century but still common today.
Monday, 23 June 2008 | Read more...

6. Union-busting at the drop of a hat Author : Steve Davies
Barack Obama is the first ever credible black contender for presidential nomination. However the scale of the challenge he faces can be seen from a bitter labour dispute taking place in ‘the heart of Dixie’. Despite fifty years of civil r...
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

7. Union renewal: the example of the FAT Author : richard leitch
This piece is an introduction to the practice of Mexico's Authentic Labour Front(FAT) and its development of an internationalist social movement unionism over the last two decades. Could we learn any lessons from the struggle to achieve independe...
Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

8. Network Unions: Working Women's Organizing Activities in Japan Author : Dirk Kloosterboer
In order to overcome shortcomings of traditional unions, new grassroots organisations including women’s unions, community unions, part-time workers’ unions, and even a managers’ union have been formed in Japan, write Heidi Gottfried...
Thursday, 06 December 2007 | Read more...

9. Beyond ‘Social Movement Unionism’? Understanding and Assessing New Wave Labour Movement Organising Author : Anthony Ince
As the person who invented the concept of Social Movement Unionism, around 1985, I welcome what I would consider to be the first serious attempt to surpass it. Anthony Ince considers the concept too general and prefers to consider a broad range of ne...
Wednesday, 08 August 2007 | Read more...

10. Union values survey Author : Peter HJ
Pretty much everybody knows what unions are opposed to, but what are we in favour of? Or are we just reacting to an agenda set by others? The New Unionism network is running a survey on union values. We would really appreciate if if you could take a ...
Thursday, 19 July 2007 | Read more...

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