The Global Unions in the system of global governance. The embedding of Trade Union political demands in the Breton Woods Organitations
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description: In 2002 a formalized dialogue between the Global Unions and the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) was established. The Global Unions include the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the nine Global Union Federations (GUFs) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) which connects the international trade union movement to the OECD. The IFIs, which are also known as the Bretton-Woods organizations, are made up of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Global Unions took the crisis as an opportunity to further develop the existing dialogue between themselves and the IFIs at the international level and tried to achieve a new position within the changing global governance system. The dialogue with the IFIs can therefore be seen as an instrument of transnational trade union policy which serves to integrate the social dimension within the globalization of financial and labour markets. The dialogue was formalized on the basis of a joint agreement between the Global Unions and the IFIs which was adopted in 2002. The dialogue takes place on three levels: the headquarters-level, the sector level and the national level. The headquarters-level dialogue includes exchange and cooperation at the top administrative level between the IFIs and the Global Unions. Every two years there is a high-level meeting which takes place over a period of two to three days. The high-level meetings are supported by technical meetings and interim meetings which include smaller delegations of the Global Unions and the IFIs. During technical meetings, which normally take place over a period of one or two days, the focus is on very specific issues such as for example pensions or labour market reforms. During interim meetings a relatively small group of trade unionists and representatives of the IFIs regularly follow up the implementation of the commitments from the high-level and technical meetings. The thesis focuses on the analysis of the head…
abstract: In 2002 a formalized dialogue between the Global Unions and the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) was established. The Global Unions include the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the nine Global Union Federations (GUFs) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) which connects the international trade union movement to the OECD. The IFIs, which are also known as the Bretton-Woods organizations, are made up of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The Global Unions took the crisis as an opportunity to further develop the existing dialogue between themselves and the IFIs at the international level and tried to achieve a new position within the changing global governance system. The dialogue with the IFIs can therefore be seen as an instrument of transnational trade union policy which serves to integrate the social dimension within the globalization of financial and labour markets. The dialogue was formalized on the basis of a joint agreement between the Global Unions and the IFIs which was adopted in 2002. The dialogue takes place on three levels: the headquarters-level, the sector level and the national level. The headquarters-level dialogue includes exchange and cooperation at the top administrative level between the IFIs and the Global Unions. Every two years there is a high-level meeting which takes place over a period of two to three days. The high-level meetings are supported by technical meetings and interim meetings which include smaller delegations of the Global Unions and the IFIs. During technical meetings, which normally take place over a period of one or two days, the focus is on very specific issues such as for example pensions or labour market reforms. During interim meetings a relatively small group of trade unionists and representatives of the IFIs regularly follow up the implementation of the commitments from the high-level and technical meetings. The thesis focuses on the analysis of the head…
author: Ruckert, Yvonne
language: spa
keywords: Economía y sociología de la globalización
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date published: 2015-06-15
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:40:51Z
provider: Universidad de Oviedo
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Universidad de Oviedo

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