Nigeria: Trade Unions in Transformation – A Case Study of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria

This study provides an insight into how the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) is retaining its influence in spite of the challenges faced by …

Interpretations of Brazilian labor reform by labor magistrates

In 2017, when the labor reform was approved in Brazil, the National Association of Labor Justice Magistrates (ANAMATRA) approved a document containing 125 summaries about the interpretation and application of …

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UK: Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the “Taylor Review”)

The Taylor Review is the 116-page document on which the December 2018 United Kingdom (“U.K.”) “Good Work Plan” was based. The Taylor Review is an independent report commissioned in 2016 …

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UK: “Tribunal awards £2 for employer’s refusal of unsuitable companion at disciplinary hearing”

In a decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) in the United Kingdom, applying Section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 and reconsidering its decision in Toal & Hughes …

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UK, EU: “In Unions We Trust! Analysing Confidence in Unions across Europe”

This article reports on the findings of an empirical study undertaken in fourteen European countries, exploring whether there is a genuine crisis regarding “confidence in unions”. It emerges that unions …

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Mongolia: Monitoring by the Trade Unions on the Implementation of the Labour Law

This report was conducted by the National Legal Institute of Mongolia in 2008. It examines the current role of representative organizations and discusses the need and legal means to advance …

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“Transnational Collective Agreements and the Development of New Spaces for Union Action: The Formal and Informal Uses of International and European Framework Agreements in the UK”

This article explores the relevance of transnational collective agreements (TCAs) for industrial relations on an international and UK basis. The empirical study considers four UK multinational companies covered by TCAs, …

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UK: “Digital Labour”

In this chapter of the book, “Digital Geographies,” the authors look at both how geography matters and for whom it matters as employers increasingly utilize income-generating “digital labor” located around …

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MR. OLADIMEJI OLUSANYA v. UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC

MR. OLADIMEJI OLUSANYA v. UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC

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South Africa Has A New Trade Union Federation. Can It Break the Mould?

The newly launched South African Federation of Trade Unions, with nearly 700,000 members, is the second largest federation in South Africa. It attempts to be a voice for informal and …

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