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Jens Lerche - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Labour regulations and Labour standards in india decent work
Global Labour Journal, 2012Co-Authors: Jens LercheAbstract:The article assesses the ILO decent work agenda in the Global South: its objectives and coherence, its impact on Labour Relations and conditions, and its overall policy direction in relation to alternative Labour rights and welfare policy thinking. This is followed by a case study of the Indian version of the decent work agenda and the extent to which the ILO–India collaboration has influenced regulatory frameworks and Labour Relations. From this, wider lessons for both the ILO decent work agenda and for Indian Labour Relations are drawn: it is argued that the present emphasis on progress in social protection has inherent dangers as this is not likely to overcome underlying inequalities and form the basis for broader welfare coalitions, including for the political mobilization of informal workers themselves.
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the unfree Labour category and unfree Labour estimates a continuum within low end Labour Relations
2011Co-Authors: Jens LercheAbstract:The article argues against the singling out of unfree Labour as something wholly unique and entirely separate and different from other Labour Relations. Existing dichotomous approaches to free–unfree Labour hinder a proper understanding of these Labour Relations, both theoretically and empirically. It argues that the way in which both mainstream and Marxist approaches conceptualise and operationalise unfree/forced Labour is problematic and proposes replacing the unfree-free dichotomy with a continuum of unfreedoms. Such unfreedoms should be understood as one among many ‘un-decent’ forms and aspects of Labour Relations. All of these can be understood as outcomes of the class struggle from above, which in today’s world is part and parcel of neo-liberalism. The discussion is informed by examples primarily from India and China.
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a global alliance against forced Labour unfree Labour neo liberal globalization and the international Labour organization
Journal of Agrarian Change, 2007Co-Authors: Jens LercheAbstract:The ILO is presently attempting to spearhead a ‘global alliance against forced Labour’. This article surveys the ILO approach to forced Labour, recent theoretical debates regarding forced Labour and recent empirical work on bonded Labour in India. It argues that the ILO ‘ghettoizes’ forced Labour, and that existing theories do not provide an alternative to this, as they focus on high-level ahistorical models. There is a need to develop specific analyses of the processes underlying both free and unfree Labour Relations in the present context, and their relation to neo-liberal globalization as well as country-specific conditions. The review of Indian case studies and of aspects of neo-liberal globalization points towards such an analytical approach.
Raphael Botiveau - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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briefing the politics of marikana and south africa s changing Labour Relations
African Affairs, 2014Co-Authors: Raphael BotiveauAbstract:MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER the South African police killed 34 strikers in Marikana, Labour unrest continues across the country’s mining sector. Industrial actions have targeted platinum giants like Amplats, the world’s largest producer, where an 11-day strike over planned retrenchments has just ended and another is looming amid fresh wage talks. Rivalry between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) – aligned with the African National Congress (ANC) – and the more recent and militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has also plagued the industry. On 17 October, an NUM branch chairperson at Lonmin – the third largest platinum producer in the world – was shot dead. Another Lonmin NUM shaft steward died in a similar situation on 3 November. A few months ago a former NUM leader who had become the AMCU regional representative in Rustenburg was ambushed – one of several from both sides assassinated since the Marikana massacre. In other words, the ‘Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry’, promoted by South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and signed by parties to the industry on 3 July 2013, has so far failed to restore peace to the mining sector in Africa’s largest economy. Beyond the economic uncertainty created by the continued industrial unrest, its political consequences ahead of the next general election should not be underestimated. The NUM is affiliated to the ANC-aligned Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), and was until recently South Africa’s largest trade union, partly thanks to its membership in the platinum sector, where it is now outnumbered by the AMCU. The rapid decline of the dominant trade union and the model of party–Labour Relations associated with it is unlikely to pose a serious challenge to South
Pengfei Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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global problems local solutions unfree Labour Relations and seafarer employment with crewing agencies in china
Industrial Relations Journal, 2019Co-Authors: Lijun Tang, Pengfei ZhangAbstract:This article documents and discusses a local Labour control regime employed by Chinese crewing agencies to restrict the mobility of newly graduated officer seafarers. The shipping industry relies on a stable and skilled seafarer workforce on flexible employment, assembled globally with the help of local crewing agencies. A stable workforce and flexible employment do not seem easily compatible. This article examines how Chinese crewing agencies help manage this tension in China through analysing the experience of seafarers. It argues that to cater for the demand of international shipping companies, Chinese crewing agencies adopt a particular local Labour control regime that re/produces unfree Labour Relations. The local control regime is built on existing institutional practices in China, structural weaknesses of seafarers and the disjunctions between the local institutional set‐ups and the global chains of Labour supply.
Sabina Avdagic - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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state Labour Relations in east central europe explaining variations in union effectiveness
Social Science Research Network, 2008Co-Authors: Sabina AvdagicAbstract:The article offers an explanation for variations in the effectiveness of trade unions to obtain legislative and policy concessions in peak-level tripartite negotiations in post-communist East Central Europe. It shows that standard interpretations for such variations-focused on structural legacies, modes of transition, political cycles and institutional differences-cannot account for the problem at hand. Instead, I argue that the sources of these variations are to be attributed to distinct paths of state-Labour Relations, which are the product of continuous strategic interactions that crucially depend on power dynamics between the main actors. To present a mechanism through which these paths evolve, the article sketches a model of government-union interactions that combines institutional and behavioural variables. I propose a set of hypotheses regarding the conditions that determine initial choice of strategies and factors that influence continuation or modification of these strategies later on. By analysing the cases of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, the article further illustrates how these interactions shape tripartite institutions in such a way that they start reflecting accentuated power disparities between the contending actors, thereby limiting future choice sets for weaker actors.
Leszek Cichoblazinski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Labour Relations in the flattening world on the example of collective dispute resolution in poland
Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2014Co-Authors: Leszek CichoblazinskiAbstract:The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how flatness and the complexity of a modern economy hinder organisational conflict resolution, and how sometimes these are even the cause of conflict. The detailed research questions focus on the influence of cultural differences in decision-making to resolve Labour conflicts, the influence of the flat world effect on the functioning of trade unions in international companies, and the role of conflicts of interest and value in companies operating on a global scale. The discussion is based on qualitative research with the application of case study methodology. The research was carried out using qualitative analysis based on grounded theory methodology. The author presents and discusses mediations held in international enterprises, where the global reach of the company caused significant problems in resolving conflicts between Labour unions and management.
