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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"trade unionism"”.
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The internet and the politics and processes of trade unionism
… the internet for the politics and processes of trade unionism. Michels' classic formulation on the "iron law of oligarchy" and its grounding in a communications based theory of leadership domination is presented as a heuristic devise for uncovering the significance of Information Communication …
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Political cultures in British trade unionism and their dissemination : 1931–1951
… the political cultures within major British trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party, the way in which these relate to the ideologies of working-class political movements generally, and how they are situated within wider contemporaneous debates. Typically research into trade unions has …
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Employee status and collectivism: a study of managerial and professional trade unionism
… resilience against a more general backdrop of trade union membership decline. The study concludes that an aggregation of economic, political and work factors have combined to produce an environment that has become conducive to collectivism among managerial and professional workers in the three …
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Trade unionism and socio-economic development in the Yorkshire glass industry, circa 1840-1940
This thesis examines the developmental pattern of trade unionism within the Yorkshire Glass Industry in the century after 1840. The concept of labour aristocracy is utilised to provide a framework for analysis of the actions and ideology of the artisan glassmakers both at the point of production …
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The Growth of Trade Unionism in the London clearing banks, 1960-1970:a sociological interpretation
… of white collar occupations and white collar trade unionism in the British economy is briefly characterised. After a review of the literature on the determinants of white collar unionisation in Chapter Two and a discussion of the nature and history of banking as an occupation, the collective …
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An assessment of the relationship between management education and attitudes towards industrial relations and trade unionism
… Fellow students held hostile attitudes towards trade unions, yet the tutor was committed to the encouragement of an understanding and acceptance of trade union activities in accord with the pluralist emphasis of Industrial Relations teaching. The research project therefore seeks to establish …
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Freedom of association and trade unionism in South Africa : from apartheid to the democratic constitutional order
… thesis deals with freedom of association and trade unionism in South Africa. Freedom of association is one of the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in a number of legal instruments both at the international and municipal levels. Progress and democracy require respect for human rights, …
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Social movement trade unionism: An investigation of workers’ perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions practices on election and living wage issues
… perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) practices on elections and living wage issues from a social movement perspective from the Apartheid (South Africa) and Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Zimbabwe) eras to …
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Conflict in the Unions: The Communist Party of Australia, politics and the trade union movement, 1945-1960
… of the Communist party of Australia (CPA) in the trade union movement between 1945 and 1960. It represents the first systematic scholarly analysis of this activity. The historiography of the CPA has generally focused on the industrial activity of CPA trade union members and has neglected this …
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Crises of Expectations: Workers Struggles In Zambia, 1964-2011
… study investigates aspects of the history of the trade union movement in Zambia from 1964 to 2011 by looking at some of the struggles the workers engaged in to obtain what they thought was due to them. The term ‘Crises of Expectations’ is used because what was expected and what was obtained did …
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Crises of Expectations: Workers Struggles In Zambia, 1964-2011
… study investigates aspects of the history of the trade union movement in Zambia from 1964 to 2011 by looking at some of the struggles the workers engaged in to obtain what they thought was due to them. The term ‘Crises of Expectations’ is used because what was expected and what was obtained did …
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The rise of railway unionism : a study of New South Wales and Victoria, c.1880-1905
… the origins and early history of railway trade unionism in New South Wales and Victoria in the period 1880 to 1905. To do this, it is divided into three sections. The first section, 'Foundations', explores the formation and characteristics of the locomotive enginemen's associations and the …
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The rise of railway unionism : a study of New South Wales and Victoria, c.1880-1905
… the origins and early history of railway trade unionism in New South Wales and Victoria in the period 1880 to 1905. To do this, it is divided into three sections. The first section, 'Foundations', explores the formation and characteristics of the locomotive enginemen's associations and the …
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Workers against Institutions: Power Relations and Political economy in the Irish Mushroom Industry
… towards a militant and democratic, grassroots trade unionism. Therefore, it is an ethnography of trade union organising. At a general level this study deals with the relationship between labour and capital in the Irish mushroom industry in the context of global capitalism and the Irish national …
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Causes and consequences of the 1909--1910 steel strike in the Wheeling District
This thesis is a study of the failure of trade unionism in the Wheeling District mills in the early twentieth century, a district whose unions had previously enjoyed great success. The conversion to tin plate in the district was, at first, beneficial to the skilled workers in the union, but with …
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Women and trade unions in Ireland, c. 1860-1937: class, gender and society
… of writing women back into the history of Irish trade unionism. The date range is c.1860 to 1937, but the main concentration is on the period from 1880 to 1937. The first part considers attitudes voiced towards women’s involvement in paid work and efforts to organise female industrial workers in …
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"It was all about the working class” : Norm Gallagher, the BLF and the Australian Labor Movement
… names are invoked. Portrayed as the ugly face of trade unionism, Gallagher and the BLF provided national and state Labor Party reformers with a timely mechanism through which they could both assert their dominance over the Party and broaden its electoral appeal. This thesis incorporates BLF …
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Solidarity, Global Restructuring and Deregulation: The Liverpool Dockers' Dispute 1995-98
… political deregulatory processes and trade union responses after the 1979 election which saw Thatcher’s government embark upon a complete overhaul of this relationship. The Liverpool case brings together all those issues. The thesis draws on a wide range of materials, both oral and …
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Working-class politics in Sheffield, 1900-1920 : A regional study in the origins and early growth of the Labour Party.
… into four sections. The first examines local trade union organisation and practice, across the local trades and industries. It locates specific areas of weakness and strength, estimates the importance of tradition, leadership and nature of work in contributing to a political perspective, and …
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