This article (in 38 Lab. Stud. J. 181 (2013)) Brookes identifies three kinds of power (structural, institutional, and coalitional) that workers exercise in transnational campaigns. Brookes weighs the strengths of …
Scholarly Article
Dealing with Employment Termination in China
An article dealing with the issue of employment termination in China for the education of multinational companies. The purpose of this article is to provide a framework to multinational companies …
Japan: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter- Century Milestone
This article explains the enactment and transformation of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act) in Japan. …
Japan: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, Having Passed the Quarter- Century Milestone
This article explains the enactment and transformation of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act) in Japan. …
Swedish trade unions and European Union migrant workers
The article shows that intra-national variation can be explained by sectoral-based issues: that is, variation at both a country and sectoral level influences unions’ strategic choices towards migrant workers. The …
A Distorted “Semi-liberal Market of Migrant Workers” in Taiwan
Abstract: “Under the waves of globalization, the poor do not have safe, secure and fair opportunities or means to migrate freely for work. Migrant workers in Taiwan are oppressed and …
ILO and the International Labour Standards Setting: A Case of Nigeria Labour Acts
This study examines the influence of ILO standards on domestic statutes and regulations. It then investigates the level of compliance by employers and enforcement measures by the government. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274989869_ILO_and_the_International_Labour_Standards_Setting_A_Case_of_Nigeria_Labour_Acts
The Workers’ Rights in Nigeria: Myth or Reality?
This article reviews the framework of worker’s rights in Nigeria through the prism of domestic labor statutes, UN treaties and the influence of the ILO. The article discusses the challenges …
Emergency Exit: Collective Bargaining, the ILO, and Irish Law
Doherty examines the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ complaint to the International Labour Organization over scarce legal protections for workers engaged in collective bargaining in Ireland. The article contextualizes this …
Mongolia: Gender disparities in labor markets and policy suggestions
This report by World Bank addresses gender discrimination in the Mongolian labour market in comparison with other countries. It proposes a range of policies that could address the underrepresentation of …
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