scholarly journals Social Partner or Social Movement? European Integration and Trade Union Renewal in Europe

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham (Graham John) Taylor ◽  
Andrew Mathers
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Social Partner ◽  
Union Renewal

Book review: Wiesława Kozek: NSZZ „SOLIDARNOŚĆ” IN THE FRONT OF NEW CHALLENGES SINCE 1989

2021 ◽  
Vol 562 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-32
Author(s):  
Dariusz Zalewski
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Simultaneous Use ◽  
Catholic Tradition ◽  
Empirical Material

The analysis is based on interviews with four leaders of the Solidarity Trade Union (Lech Wałęsa, Marian Krzaklewski, Janusz Śniadek and Piotr Duda) with the simultaneous use of extensive research achievements on the trade union movement, also co-created by the author, The basic hypotheses that were examined concern the rooting of "Solidarity" "In the popular Catholic tradition and anti-communism, which, according to the author, significantly influenced the process of the evolution of" Solidarity "as a social movement and was / is an obstacle in its functioning as a trade union. The book's empirical material is unique, and the possibility of comparing the opinions and interpretations of various events related to the history and the present of the Association, presented by the interviewees, gives the book a unique character.

Trade union renewal through local partnerships for skill formation

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mads Peter Klindt
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Skill Formation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Employment System ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Local Partnerships

This article investigates how unions can strengthen their role in settings that are highly affected by globalisation and liberalisation through engagement in local partnerships for skill formation. We identify a number of capacities possessed by unions that can be complementary to firms and other actors in the local arena and thus be formative for such partnerships. We build our argument by drawing on concepts from the literature on trade union revitalisation, on governance and on political economy. The article’s claims are substantiated by a multiple-case study from Denmark that illustrates how union-based partnerships have successfully facilitated retraining and labour market inclusion for workers who were made redundant during economic restructuring and, due to neoliberal reforms, were cut off from adequate assistance from the public employment system.

Lifelong activism and women’s entrepreneurship: how a social movement organization improves conditions for self-employed women in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 937-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Colovic ◽  
Sonia Mehrotra
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Movement Organization ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a local trade union improves living conditions for women entrepreneurs in India and how its activities have evolved over time. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a longitudinal case study of the self-employed women’s association (SEWA) in India. Founded in 1972, this organization fosters and supports women’s entrepreneurship. The approach of this study combines qualitative face-to-face interviews and secondary data analysis. Findings The findings highlight the fact that SEWA, which combines the features of a trade union and a social movement, improves women’s conditions in several different ways. The study shows that the organization’s main role has evolved from creating a community to expanding it and finally to becoming an agent of societal change. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature by analyzing how locally grown organizations fight social exclusion and improve the conditions of deprived groups in emerging economies.

French trade union rivalry is likely to intensify

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government

Subject French trade unions. Significance French trade unions have found themselves at the centre of a continuing and powerful social movement against the labour reform proposed by the government under President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls. However, the strong opposition is not just driven by the content of the reform but also by the power struggle among trade unions which are now split into 'reformist' and 'non-reformist' camps. Impacts The division between trade unions is likely to lead to a radicalisation of the non-reformist unions with violent strikes continuing. The government will be held responsible for the lock-down, which will weaken Hollande's re-election bid further. The labour reform dispute could relegitimise non-reformist trade unions in the long term, complicating future reform attempts.

Worker agency and trade union renewal: the case of Poland

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Mrozowicki ◽  
Valeria Pulignano ◽  
Geert Van Hootegem
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Renewal

Membership, influence and voice: a discussion of trade union renewal in the French context

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Milner ◽  
Andrew Mathers
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Renewal

Union renewal: what can we learn from three decades of research?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Murray
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
Strategic Capabilities ◽  
Democratic Experimentalism

Drawing on three decades of research on union renewal, this article asks what we can learn from these studies. It covers successively the modernisation of union strategy, the re-engineering of union structures and organising techniques, the renewal of collective action repertoires, and the search to bridge the gap between labour market insiders and outsiders. While the research on these four themes yields few easy answers, it does highlight a continuing search for trade union renewal from which real understanding emerges. The overarching argument is that this long process of democratic experimentalism in union purpose and practice needs to be understood in exactly those terms. It also highlights the critical role of strategic capabilities and the need to develop these capabilities in order to experiment with innovations likely to reveal new sources of vigour for worker organisations.

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