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Nadine Abdalla - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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From the Dream of Change to the Nightmare of Structural Weakness: The Trajectory of Egypt’s Independent Trade Union Movement After 2011
Socioeconomic Protests in MENA and Latin America, 2020Co-Authors: Nadine AbdallaAbstract:The chapter analyzes the trajectory of Egypt’s Independent Trade Union movement, focusing on developments since the 2011 revolution. In order to explain why the movement proved unable to establish itself as a significant player in the post-uprising context and make its demands heard in the political arena, the chapter particularly discusses structural and institutional features, namely, the movement’s socioeconomic base and its organizational structure, as well as its collective action frame. The main argument put forward in this chapter is that workers’ protests, even if they have remained surprisingly high after the increase in repression since Morsi’s ouster in July 2013, are scattered and largely take place at the local or factory level. This is so because the rise of new forms of labor mobilization in Egypt has led to an institutionally fragmented, organizationally weak and only partially representative movement which, at the national level, lacks the capacity to mobilize workers and/or exert significant political influence. In addition, the new Trade Union movement’s predominant collective action frame is characterized by narrow and issue-specific economic claims—a frame that reflects and reinforces both the movement’s internal structural weakness and its external lack of reliable sociopolitical allies.
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from the dream of change to the nightmare of structural weakness the trajectory of egypt s Independent Trade Union movement after 2011
2020Co-Authors: Nadine AbdallaAbstract:The chapter analyzes the trajectory of Egypt’s Independent Trade Union movement, focusing on developments since the 2011 revolution. In order to explain why the movement proved unable to establish itself as a significant player in the post-uprising context and make its demands heard in the political arena, the chapter particularly discusses structural and institutional features, namely, the movement’s socioeconomic base and its organizational structure, as well as its collective action frame. The main argument put forward in this chapter is that workers’ protests, even if they have remained surprisingly high after the increase in repression since Morsi’s ouster in July 2013, are scattered and largely take place at the local or factory level. This is so because the rise of new forms of labor mobilization in Egypt has led to an institutionally fragmented, organizationally weak and only partially representative movement which, at the national level, lacks the capacity to mobilize workers and/or exert significant political influence. In addition, the new Trade Union movement’s predominant collective action frame is characterized by narrow and issue-specific economic claims—a frame that reflects and reinforces both the movement’s internal structural weakness and its external lack of reliable sociopolitical allies.
Idesbald Goddeeris - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Beyond Western European Idealism: A Comparative Perspective on the Transnational Scope of Belgian Solidarity Movements with Nicaragua, Poland and South Africa in the 1980s
Journal of Contemporary History, 2015Co-Authors: Kim Christiaens, Idesbald GoddeerisAbstract:This article compares the mobilization of Belgian society for campaigns professing solidarity with three different issues in the 1980s: the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, the Independent Trade Union Solidarnośc in the Polish People’s Republic, and the long struggle against apartheid in South Africa. It inquires into the ideological, social, and strategic similarities and differences between these movements, and does so in a broader context by connecting the 1980s with previous forms of transnational solidarity. First and foremost, it compares the differences in the forms of transnational collaboration between these three cases, regarding the actors, the different ideological frameworks in which they operated, and the relative importance of each. It highlights the active role of the political movements themselves – Sandinistas, visiting Solidarnośc members, and the South African ANC – who played a key role in the mobilization of activists in Western Europe – a fact which has so far largely been ignored.
Angela Joya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Egyptian revolution: crisis of neoliberalism and the potential for democratic politics
Review of African Political Economy, 2011Co-Authors: Angela JoyaAbstract:This paper argues that the Egyptian revolution of 25 January 2011 has to be understood in the context of neoliberal economic shift. The two decades of economic liberalisation policies were accompanied by authoritarianism while at the same time these policies opened up opportunities for crony capitalism. Post Mubarak Egypt has witnessed positive developments such as the rise of political parties, Independent Trade Union federations and other social groups aiming to participate in rebuilding a democratic society. The paper explores the potentials for, and challenges against, building a democratic society in Egypt.
Kim Christiaens - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Beyond Western European Idealism: A Comparative Perspective on the Transnational Scope of Belgian Solidarity Movements with Nicaragua, Poland and South Africa in the 1980s
Journal of Contemporary History, 2015Co-Authors: Kim Christiaens, Idesbald GoddeerisAbstract:This article compares the mobilization of Belgian society for campaigns professing solidarity with three different issues in the 1980s: the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, the Independent Trade Union Solidarnośc in the Polish People’s Republic, and the long struggle against apartheid in South Africa. It inquires into the ideological, social, and strategic similarities and differences between these movements, and does so in a broader context by connecting the 1980s with previous forms of transnational solidarity. First and foremost, it compares the differences in the forms of transnational collaboration between these three cases, regarding the actors, the different ideological frameworks in which they operated, and the relative importance of each. It highlights the active role of the political movements themselves – Sandinistas, visiting Solidarnośc members, and the South African ANC – who played a key role in the mobilization of activists in Western Europe – a fact which has so far largely been ignored.
Tony Royle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A new form of Union organizing in Japan? Community Unions and the case of the McDonald's 'McUnion'
Work Employment and Society, 2012Co-Authors: Tony Royle, Edson UranoAbstract:The article examines how and why a new Independent Trade Union was established in McDonald’s Japan in 2006. We discuss these developments both within the McDonald’s ‘system’ and the broader context of the growth of community Unions in the Japanese employment system. The findings suggest that the ‘McUnion’ could be seen as a new form of Trade Union organizing in Japan; unlike an enterprise Union it is Independent of the employer and recruits ‘non-regular’ workers, yet unlike most community Unions is established in one large employer, on a national rather than regional basis, has largely retained its membership and was established and operates with the direct involvement of the main Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Rengo.
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Just Vote No! Union-busting in the European Fast-food Industry: The Case of McDonald's
Industrial Relations Journal, 2002Co-Authors: Tony RoyleAbstract:This paper examines the problem of effectively regulating the labour relations practices of multinational corporations. It focuses on the activities of the McDonald's Corporation in a number of European countries. The findings suggest that public and private codes of conduct have a very limited effect and that determined and well-resourced corporations can not only undermine regional forms of regulation - such as that provided by the European Union - but also, and to a considerable extent, national-level regulation. This is particularly evident in the area of Independent Trade Union representation. Although its aim of avoiding collective bargaining and Union recognition wherever possible is only partially successful, McDonald's appears to have developed a number of highly effective strategies for limiting the presence of Trade Unions at restaurant level, particularly in avoiding or undermining statutory works councils and Union representation rights.
