Labour category: 1663 books
by Francis Maupain
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The International Labour Organization was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended the First World War, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice. As the oldest organisation in the UN system, approaching...
Provincial Solidarities
A History of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Established in 1913, the New Brunswick Federation of Labour is the second oldest provincial federation of labour in Canada. Its history began in early campaigns for workers’ compensation and union recognition and continues today in the latest battles to defend social standards, secure employment,...
The Labour Party, Denis Healey and the International Socialist Movement
Rebuilding the Socialist International during the Cold War, 1945–1951
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
This book describes how, after the Second World War, the Labour Party assumed leadership of the International Socialist Movement, thanks to the achievements of the Attlee Government. International Secretary Denis Healey guided the reconstruction of the Socialist International through the early Cold...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
This book provides practical, business-orientated and accessible guidance on key aspects of German employment and labour law as well as adjoining fields. This second, completely revised edition presents the latest changes in German labour and employment law and jurisprudence. It covers, amongst other...
Restatement of Labour Law in Europe
Vol I: The Concept of Employee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
The concept of 'employee' is arguably the most important one in labour law, defining, as it does, the scope of the discipline as a whole. This important new publication aims to develop a restatement of the concept of the employee in European labour law. The study identifies both problems and solutions...
by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Ranajit Das Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Dipesh Chakrabarty and Ranajit Das Gupta’s Some Aspects of the Labour History of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century presents a sharply posed conversation between them in October 1981 on working-class consciousness in Bengal. The arguments posited here show that rather than being a direct, mechanical...
Ending Forced Labour in Myanmar
Engaging a Pariah Regime
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) efforts since the early 1990s to address the forced labour situation in Myanmar represent a rare example of success in influencing the behaviour of that regime, and this book gives a first-hand account of these efforts.
As the ILO’s representative...
Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star
The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called “Nordic model”...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
This publication gives an overview of all key aspects of German labour and employment law as well as adjoining fields. Legal professionals with expert knowledge and many years of experience explain the legal basis of these aspects of German law, point out typical practical problems and suggest solutions...
Women Challenging Unions
Feminism, Democracy, and Militancy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1993
Women Challenging Unions is a collection of original papers that presents a vision of an invigorated and vibrant labour movement, one that would actively seek the full participation of women and other traditionally excluded groups, and that would willingly incorporate a feminist agenda. This vision...
Raising the Workers' Flag
The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
During the Great Depression, the conflicting interests of capital and labour became clearer than ever before. Radical Canadian workers, encouraged by the Red International of Labour Unions, responded by building the Workers' Unity League – an organization that greatly advanced the cause of unions...
Unions in Court
Organized Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Scholars with an interest in contemporary labour relations, labour law, and the discourse of rights, as well as labour movements, will find this book useful and interesting.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other. The global economic crisis has intensified these pressures further. And yet, economic and political integration...
New Labour Laws in Old Member States
Trade Union Responses to European Enlargement
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
The enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007 has led to greatly increased free movement of workers from 'new' to 'old' Member States. The unprecedented scale of this migration has had a profound impact on the regulation of labour law in Europe. This book compares the ways trade unions have responded...