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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"labour unions"”.
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Labour Unions, Political and the Development of the Swazi Labour Movement 1939-2014.
… sets out to examine the development of Swazi labour movement from 1939 to 2014. Through a combination of desktop and qualitative research the study traces the trajectory of the Swazi labour movement from the colonial to the post-colonial period. The Swazi labour movement developed and evolved …
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Impact of trade union on improving employees working conditions: The case study of COTWU and TUGHE
Labour Union are legal organizations that consist of a group workers who have banded together to bargain with employers on behalf of workers. The primary role of labour unions is to fight for better rights, working condition, wages, hours and benefits for workers. The aim objective of this study …
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Respectable militants : the Lancashire textile machinery makers, c.1800-1939
… the artisans fought to retain control over the labour process and maintain economic status in the face of technological change. Meanwhile they maintained a significant and under acknowledged role in the wider labour movement. (Chapter 2) Artisans of the leading firm of Hibbert and Platt were at …
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Exploring the socio-economic impacts of South Africa’s just energy transition (JET): a case study of coal-dependent communities in Mpumalanga
… among stakeholders, government, industry, labour unions and communities is evolving but still remains fragmented and inconsistent. The chapter concluded that the successful implementation of JET initiatives depends on adequate government backing, diversification, and the integration of …
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Investigating the factors driving adoption of RPA in South African banking: a qualitative analysis
… to factors that impede employment and labour unions are deeply involved in protecting workers. Objective: While there is research on RPA implementations, it is limited in the banking context. Further, there is currently little to no RPA adoption research specifically in the South …
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Amazonification: A Warehouse Worker’s Manifesto
… format to critique and subvert the exploitative labour practices of the Amazon corporation. Linked to each portfolio chapter is a custom-made, online 3D art project, or digital thinking object, in the shape of a globe that was created using the modelling platform SketchFab. Located on the Amazon …
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Three Studies on Hedging Activities and Managerial Opportunism
… analyst coverage, facing higher pressure from labour unions, located in states with higher workers' compensation premiums, and operated in counties with higher social capital. The results are robust to using injury rate as an alternative measure of workplace safety, controlling for …
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Three Studies on Hedging Activities and Managerial Opportunism
… analyst coverage, facing higher pressure from labour unions, located in states with higher workers' compensation premiums, and operated in counties with higher social capital. The results are robust to using injury rate as an alternative measure of workplace safety, controlling for …
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A history of garment and tailoring workers in Cape Town, 1900-1939.
… exploitable workers into a system of "sweated labour" emerged clearly during World War I, when military uniforms were produced in Cape Town under appalling conditions. But the clothing industry did not become firmly established until after 1925 when a protective tariff was imposed on clothing …
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DIGITAL LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE GIG ECONOMY: PLATFORM-TO-CONSUMER FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES IN GLOBAL NORTH AND GLOBAL SOUTH
… time reshaping capitalism as well as work and labour relations within it. In less than a decade, digital platforms have grown from a niche market to engulf different industries and services across the globe, in developed and developing nations alike. These models connect service providers with …
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The negative effects of the liberals' usurpation of th Green Movement : a study in the demise of the liberal paradigm
… the distance the green movement keeps from the labour movement. Labour movements have bargaining skills and the numerical strength to bolster the flagging green activists who pathetically, in dismal numbers, picket companies in vain. Labour movements can also assist the green movement to find …
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Discursos y resistencia laboral: Los agentes de rentas internas y la propuesta de ley de negociación colectiva de 1975 (Puerto Rico)
The thesis examines the discourses and institutions that shaped the views of the Puerto Rican government, Puerto Rican government employees and, more specifically, the Puerto Rican Internal Revenue Agents regarding labor relations, leading to the filing in 1975 of a draft law on collective …