FROM TRADE-UNION ACTION TO CO-OPERATIVE ACTION

1942 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Edgard Milhaud
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Action

scholarly journals From Global Unions to the Shop Floor: Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporations in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Framil Filho ◽  
Leonardo Mello e Silva
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
Transnational Connections ◽  
Union Action ◽  
Traditional Structures ◽  
Labour Power

This article analyses the origins, development and organisation of cross-union, company-based trade union networks in transnational corporations in the metal and chemical industries in Brazil. Collectively developed by local, national, foreign and international trade union organisations, this kind of union action was introduced in the country in the early 2000s as a way to connect local labour representatives organising workers in different locations within the same company. Networks strengthen local labour power and stimulate transnational connections. Promoting solidarity among workers across multiple factories, they offer the perspective for a global unionism connected to shop-floor organisation. Despite these achievements, networks face important challenges. Power imbalances, the reliance on restrictive social dialogue arrangements and the compromise with traditional structures limit the reach of the strategy.  KEY WORDS: globalisation; trade unions; new labour transnationalism; trade union networks; Brazil

scholarly journals The changing face of union action put to the test by neo-liberal reforms in France

Tempo Social ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
Baptiste Giraud
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Union Action ◽  
The Relationship

This article reviews how French trade union are coping with the neo-liberal policies since the early 1980s. It shows their divergent reactions, and how these liberal reforms are implemented in a context of transformation of trade union action: the use of strikes is more difficult at the same time as the relationship between trade unions and collective bargaining is transformed in a logic of depoliticizing their strategies of action. These developments did not prevent a resurgence of strikes in the 2000s. It reveals the limits of the trade unions’ power of political influence, that implies the use of collective action. However, strikes have declined further in recent years, revealing the weakening of trade union mobilisation power.

The posting of workers in the German construction industry: responses and problems of trade union action

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Kahmann
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Autonomous Action ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Union Action ◽  
Construction Union ◽  
State Relations

Over the last two decades, in a number of EU Member States labour migration in the construction industry has predominantly taken the form of the posting of workers. This article traces the responses of the German construction union IG BAU to this phenomenon. To this end, it distinguishes between three levels of action: relations with the state, relations with employers and autonomous action. It shows that the union's efforts have concentrated on the first two levels. IG BAU's steps to include migrant workers into its ranks have been taken only cautiously. While the union has achieved a number of successes in terms of regulating the labour market, limits of these policies have become apparent. There are signs that IG BAU has reacted to these limits by developing more inclusive organisational policies, notably by founding the European Migrant Workers Union.

scholarly journals THE ITALIAN WAY TO INTERNAL DEVALUATION AND SOCIAL ACTORS’ STRATEGIES AGAINST AUSTERITY AND THE FLEXIBILIZATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-151
Author(s):  
Giulia Giulia ◽  
Giovanni Orlandini
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Labour Costs ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Union Action

Introduction: the Italian way to internal devaluation; 1.a Precarization of labour and weakening of trade union action at company level (amendment of dismissal law); 1.b Circumvention of the CCNL by means of exceptional employment contracts; 1.c Downward competition on labour costs by means of outsourcing and value chains; 1.d Promotion of decentralized collective bargaining and its power to derogate from the law and freezing of collective bargaining in the public sector; 2. The trade union(s) strategies; 2.a Bargaining strategy; 2.b Judicial strategy; 2.c Confrontational strategy; 3. New challenges for workers and new challenges for their organization(s); 3.a Italian trade unions’ strategies; 3.b Alternative experiences of (and in favour of) precarious workers; 4. Anti-austerity protests: the involvement of trade unions and social movements; 5. Concluding remarks; Bibliography.

scholarly journals Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors

Tempo Social ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-182
Author(s):  
Ricardo Framil Filho ◽  
Katiuscia Moreno Galhera ◽  
Leonardo Mello e Silva
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Transnational Corporation ◽  
Commercial Banking ◽  
Private Governance ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Union Action

This article analyses cross-border trade union networks in Transnational Corporations (TNCs) in the metal and chemical, garment, retail, and commercial banking sectors in Brazil. Conceptualized as global union responses to the growing reach of TNCs, such networks have been established in different settings in the country and have engaged major corporations outside of traditional industrial relations frameworks, venturing into the controversial field of social dialogue, corporate responsibility, and private governance. From different research backgrounds, our findings suggest that union networks in TNCs can be used to rearrange union prerogatives across different levels but remain embedded in previous institutional structures. In this sense, such unions incorporate existing union boundaries, including the exclusion of relevant groups of workers, even as they can scale up the scope of trade union action.

scholarly journals MUDANÇAS NA LEGISLAÇÃO TRABALHISTA, SINDICATO E EMPRESAS MULTINACIONAIS

Caderno CRH ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (86) ◽  
pp. 343
Author(s):  
José Ricardo Ramalho ◽  
Rodrigo Salles Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Iram Jácome Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
National Congress ◽  
Labour Legislation ◽  
Union Action ◽  
Precarious Jobs ◽  
Employment Instability

<div><p class="trans-title"><span>A proposta do texto é relacionar as alterações recentes na legislação brasileira do trabalho (principalmente a partir da reforma trabalhista aprovada pelo Congresso Nacional, em 2017) com os interesses das empresas multinacionais instaladas no país, tomando como exemplo a indústria automotiva. Busca identificar de que forma, nesses últimos anos, a redução da proteção laboral e o aprofundamento da instabilidade no emprego têm sido utilizados pelas empresas para aumentar o controle sobre os trabalhadores e para desqualificar a ação de suas instituições de representação. A precarização dos laços de emprego e o uso, agora legal, de terceirização e quarteirização foram incorporados às atividades produtivas e aprofundaram estratégias voltadas para o trabalho como formas de obter melhores resultados econômicos.</span></p><p class="trans-title"> </p><p class="trans-title"><strong>CHANGES IN LABOUR LAW, TRADE UNION AND MULTINATIONALCOMPANIES</strong></p><p>The text aims at relating recent changes in the Brazilian labour legislation (mainly after the Labour Reform, approved by the National Congress in 2017) with the interests of the multinational companies based in the country, taking as an example the automotive industry. The purpose is to identify how, in the last years, the reduction of labour protection and the increase in employment instability have been used by companies to raise the control over workers and to disqualify trade union action. Precarious jobs, and the use, now legal, of subcontracting, have been incorporated to production, and have strengthened strategies that stress on work to improve their economic results.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Labour Reform; Trade union action; Multinationals companies; Automotive industry; Subcontracting</p><p class="trans-title"> </p></div><div><p class="trans-title"><strong>CHANGEMENTS DANS LE DROIT DU TRAVAIL, LES SYNDICATS ET LES MULTINATIONALES</strong></p><p>La proposition du texte est de faire le lien entre les récents changements apportés à la législation brésilienne du travail (principalement de la réforme du travail approuvée par le Congrès national, en 2017) avec les intérêts des multinationales installées dans le pays, en prenant comme un exemple de l’industrie automobile. Il cherche à identifier comment, ces dernières années, la réduction de la protection du travail et l’aggravation de l’instabilité de l’emploi ont été utilisées par les entreprises pour accroître le contrôle sur les travailleurs et disqualifier l’action de leurs institutions de représentation. La précarisation des liens d’emploi et l’utilisation, désormais légale, externalisée et quarteirisation ont été incorporées dans les activités productives et des stratégies approfondies visant à travailler comme moyens d’obtenir de meilleurs résultats économiques.</p><p><strong>Key words: </strong>Réforme du travail; Action syndicale; Multinationales; Industrie automobile; Sous-traitance</p><p class="trans-title"><strong><br /></strong></p></div>

The Politics of Social Inclusion and Labor Representation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Connolly ◽  
Miguel Martínez Lucio ◽  
Stefania Marino
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
European Level ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
Union Action

The book explores the question of social inclusion and trade union responses to immigration in the European context, comparing the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research the book focuses on how trade unions - particularly more established and institutionalised trade unions - respond to immigrant workers and what they perceive to be the important points of renewal and change that are required for a more integrated and supported immigrant community to emerge. The book also considers the role of European level trade union relations on the question of immigration and how trade unionists have attempted to deal with very different national configurations of trade union action. The book argues that we need to appreciate the complexity of trade union traditions, paths to renewal and competing trajectories of solidarity. While trade union organisations remain wedded to specific trajectories, trade union renewal remains an innovative if at times problematic set of choices and aspirations.

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