Thursday, 28 March 2013

European trade unions and the Struggle for Public Services

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Against the background of the global financial crisis and the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, the public sector and services have come unde...
Sunday, 24 March 2013

Neo-liberal restructuring of Turkish Higher Education: An Ordinary Story from Ordu University.

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Restructuring in Higher Education around narrow objectives of employability with a focus on economic benefits is not only occurring in the ...
Friday, 22 March 2013

The Age of Austerity: Fighting Cuts and Privatisation – Broxtowe Save Our NHS!

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Higher Education (HE) in the UK is under attack. Members of staff see a year on year decline in their real income and their pensions unde...
Monday, 18 March 2013

The Trouble with Indonesian Labour: Notes on Recent Struggles of Labour in Post New Order Indonesia.

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President Suharto's authoritarian regime came to an end in 1998. 15 years later, the Indonesian labour movement is still highly fragmen...
Friday, 15 March 2013

The Privatisation and Internationalisation of Public Services in a Time of Austerity

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Why is austerity the dominant response to the global financial crisis and how can it be resisted? How is privatisation affecting sectors su...
Sunday, 10 March 2013

Renewal through strike - Erneuerung durch Streik!

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Renewal through strike - this was the title of a highly important conference of left-wing trade unionists in Stuttgart/Germany from 1 to 3...
Friday, 15 February 2013

Globalisation and the erosion of the Nordic model

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In 2007 the Finnish employers’ confederation withdrew from the comprehensive tripartite, multi-sector bargaining system, a step which had b...