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1. The Limerick Soviet : Workers' motivations for the general strike in Limerick, 1919
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : In April 1919, the Trades and Labour Council of Limerick County, Ireland, declared a general strike in response to the increasingly militarised policing of the region by the British authorities. A Strike Committee, consisting of local activists, assumed governance of Limerick for two weeks. READ MORE
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2. The Emergence of the social strike - A new opportunity for labour?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/ Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In recent years a new emergent form of collective action – the social strike – has been discussed in social movement networks. So far, the concept of social strike has only surfaced briefly in previous research and this article aims to deepen the understanding of the concept and why it is emerging in our historical moment. READ MORE
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3. The right to undertake industrial actions against an employer already bound by a collective agreement - An analysis in the light of the conflict in the port of Gothenburg
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The aim of the thesis is to analyse the right to undertake industrial actions and freedom of association, especially in the case where a collective agreement already is in place. The thesis applies mainly three perspectives: a national, an international and lastly one with the concrete use of the ongoing conflict in the port of Gothenburg. READ MORE
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4. Right to Collective Bargaining and to Strike in Cambodia’s Apparel Industry: A Legal Implication of the Labour Law and Law on Union of Enterprises
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This paper is designed to examine the implications of Cambodia’s labour legislation, namely the Labour Law and the newly adopted Law on Union of Enterprises on the exercise of the rights to collective bargaining and to strike in Cambodia’s apparel industry. Both laws are adopted by the Cambodian government in order to purportedly provide an effective and efficient safeguarding umbrella for workers in particular to exercise their fundamental labour rights, among others, including rights to form and join trade union, rights to function freely and bargain collectively, rights to stage a legal strike, and right to organise their activities without state’s interference, in a manner that is in line with international human rights law and international labour standards. READ MORE
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5. Punching Out? An Analysis of the Changing Impact of Strikes in the post-WWII US Automotive Industry
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Drawing on a range of previously unused data to construct a data series of practically every strike in the US automotive industry from 1946-2002, this paper examines the changing relationship between strikes and wage determination in the post-war period. Drawing on the historical concept of the ‘labour-capital accord’ this study undertakes analysis on two sub-periods, 1946-1981 and 1982-2002. READ MORE
