Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Finnish trade unions in changing times – Part II: an attack on trade union rights?

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Some of the trade union representatives, interviewed in the period of 8 April to 12 May 2010, and here in particular representatives from tr...
Wednesday, 19 May 2010

What future for the right to strike in the UK?

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Yet again a planned strike was deemed illegal by a High Court judge in the UK. On Monday 17 May, Mr Justice McCombe ruled that Unite, the tr...
Friday, 14 May 2010

Finnish trade unions in changing times – Part I: the end of tripartism?

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In the period of 8 April to 12 May 2010, I carried out 23 interviews on the Finnish political economy with representatives of Finnish trade ...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010

The Winter of Discontent revisited

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Due to an increasing number of strikes the current situation has been compared with the so-called Winter of Discontent in 1978/1979. At a cl...
Friday, 23 April 2010

Trade unions and New Labour

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With elections looming on the horizon, the relationship between the Labour party and trade unions has gained in importance. When New Labour ...
Thursday, 15 April 2010

Right to strike under attack

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The right to strike, to withdraw peacefully one’s labour, is a fundamental human right. It is the only option workers have to balance capita...
Monday, 29 March 2010

The power of Norwegian trade unions

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Between 2 and 12 March 2010, I carried out 20 semi-structured interviews with representatives of Norwegian political parties, government min...