Fackföreningar

En antologi om hur globaliseringen påverkar oss lokalt. Som ingenjörer, fackligt aktiva, studenter, tullare, tjänstemän och så vidare. Att plugga och jobba utomlands blir allt vanligare. Marknaden bortom den hemma ter sig för företag oändl...

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Solidarity Unionism is critical reading for all who care about the future of labor. Drawing deeply on Staughton Lynd's experiences as a labor lawyer and activist in Youngstown, OH, and on his profound understanding of the history of the Congress o...

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One of the enduring legacies of the United States Civil War is that democracy in the workforce is an essential part of societal democracy. But the past century has seen a marked decline in the number of unionized employees, a trend that has increa...

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Public education is critically important to the human capital, social well-being, and economic prosperity of nations. It is also an intensely political realm of public policy that is heavily shaped by power and special interests. Yet political sci...

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Today's progressives have given up on organizing and now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter cannot build enough pow...

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Vilken bild har LO av invandrare och invandrararbetare? Diana Mulinari och Anders Neergaard har forskat om nätverket FAI ¿ Fackligt Aktiva Invandrare ¿ och erfarenheter av kamp inom facket. Hur kan man jobba fackligt om man inte betraktas som ...

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In 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney won the presidency of the nation's largest labor federation, promising renewal and resurgence. Today, less than 7 percent of American private-sector workers belon...

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Det finns tre socialistiska grenar i Sverige. Förutom socialdemokrati och kommunism finns även syndikalism, som organiseras i fackföreningen Sveriges arbetares centralorganisation (SAC). Syndikalismen kom till Sverige från i första hand Frankrike ...

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Urban public spaces, from the streets and squares of Buenos Aires to Zuccotti Park in New York City, have become the emblematic sites of contentious politics in the twenty-first century. As the contributors to The City Is the Factory argue, this r...

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'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses. This cheerful message hides a reality of digital surveillance, aggressive anti-union tactics and disciplinary layoffs. Reminiscent of the tumult of early...

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Capitalism is a dynamic system, continually adapting itself to exploit workers in new ways. In Britain today, the gig economy is its newest form, expressed through precarious contracts and the supposed atomisation of workers. In this book, Jane Ha...

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With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren't they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway? The government constantly attacks union...

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Decades of neoliberal authoritarianism have propelled Turkey into crisis. Regime change, economic disaster and Erdogan's ambition to impose 'one-man rule' have shaken the foundations of Turkish political life, but what does this mean for workers? ...

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The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplac...

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Martin Jay Levitt was a union buster who planned and executed customized anti-union campaigns at more then 250 businesses across America, from coal mines and factories to airlines and nursing homes. Levitt reached the pinnacle of his profession by...

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Fackligt medlemskap har länge varit självklart i det genomorganiserade Sverige. Så är det inte längre. Under de senaste femton åren har andelen fackligt anslutna fluktuerat betydligt kraftigare än tidigare, även om den svenska organisationsgraden ...

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Frågan om hur man organiserar fackföreningsrörelsen, vilka förbund som ska finnas och var gränserna mellan dem ska gå, har förföljt LO i hundra år och de har många gånger ställt fackliga förtroendemän, ombudsmän och medlemmar inför utmanande svåri...

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The untold story of a British institution, as heard on Radio 4's Book of the Week 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the Year Pete...

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The untold story of a British institution, as heard on Radio 4's Book of the Week'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson'Compelling.' David Kynaston'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary SupplementFerment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the YearPete Brow...

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The untold story of a British institution, as heard on Radio 4's Book of the Week 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the Year Pete...

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The untold story of a British institution, as heard on Radio 4's Book of the Week 'Brilliant.' Alan Johnson 'Compelling.' David Kynaston 'The beer drinkers' Bill Bryson.' Times Literary Supplement Ferment Magazine's Best Beer Book of the Year Pete...

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Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling membership and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organised labour, payin...

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Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s, yet in 1950, few progressive unions remained. Why? Rights Delayed argues that anti-communism and Congressional conservatism merely intensified the main reason for the decline of progressive unions: the N...

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Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s by working alongside federal agencies created during the New Deal. Yet in 1950, few progressive unions remained. Why? Most scholars point to domestic anti-communism and southern conservatives in Congress ...

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Ela Bhatt is widely recognized as one of the world's most remarkable pioneers and entrepreneurial forces in grassroots development. Known as the "e;gentle revolutionary,"e; she has dedicated her life to improving the lives of India's poore...

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Progressive unions flourished in the 1930s by working alongside federal agencies created during the New Deal. Yet in 1950, few progressive unions remained. Why? Most scholars point to domestic anti-communism and southern conservatives in Congress ...

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Today's progressives have given up on organizing and now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter cannot build enough pow...

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The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washin...

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The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washin...

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