.... different trade unions in different countries) and different practices (e.g. varying traditions concerning the role of labour relations in the economy and society). Practical implications The Trump administration’s policies will change the environment and “atmosphere” of labour relations, thereby...

...Nathan Lillie; Miguel Martínez Lucio Purpose Capital, through its practices and narratives of global competition, is able to play unions in different locations off against one another through the construction and exploitation of difference. Trade unions and their activists have responded through...

... will provoke further contributions and a widening of the debate. George Cairns can be contacted at: gcairns@essex.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Corporate social responsibility Multinational companies Conditions of employment Trade unions On Friday 8 December 2006...

... of communication and interaction. The paper aims to examine the privileged role of ICT in the: formation of autonomous trade union structures and channels of communication; evasion of the territorial structures of the nation‐state and the construction of virtual communities of international labour solidarity...

... 288,000 according to published data (Trades Union Congress, 2000). Except for one union with predominantly public sector membership, the respondents’ unions are primarily private sector‐based. The private sector industries represented include manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, retail...

... strategies has been highly significant. However, the authors argue that such developments are also mediated by trade union structures and organisational traditions/ideologies at the national level where there is still a considerable degree of variety. It also looks and focuses on some of the challenges...

... Africa. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Trade unions Internet Electronic mail Communication technologies South Africa The visitor to the COSATU web site [1] is greeted by a page hued in the bright socialist red that is the hallmark of South Africa's dominant labour...

...‐line activities to create stable open source organizations. Originality/value No other paper has examined union use of the internet in terms of creating the new open source union form. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Innovation Internet Trade unions United States of America...