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UNIONISM [12 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
CONT

Organizing model. This [is] an approach to trade union recruitment and organizing ... At the heart of the model is the notion that unions should rest upon the "self-activity" or activism of their members. Recruitment of workers into trade unions, therefore, should not be done on the basis of providing member services but through mobilizing workers in campaigns that result in the creation of an effective and self-reliant workplace organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
CONT

[...] le syndicalisme d'organisation [propose] que le syndicat aille au-delà des services et travaille activement à mobiliser ses membres en mettant en place des activités indépendantes de la négociation collective (par ex. : formation, éducation, mobilisation sociale, influence politique).

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Activities
DEF

Union policy that places primary emphasis on securing higher wages and better working conditions for its members through collective bargaining rather than through political action or radical reform of society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Action syndicale
DEF

Type de syndicalisme dont l'action est concentrée sur la satisfaction des besoins immédiats de ses membres. Il ne possède aucune préoccupation idéologique et ne cherche pas à transformer la société dans laquelle il œuvre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations
CONT

[Gomper] insisted on "business unionism", aiming at day-to-day higher wages and better working conditions rather than engaging in the class struggle to alter the form of society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail
DEF

Type de syndicalisme dont l'action est concentrée sur la satisfaction des besoins immédiats de ses membres. Il ne possède aucune préoccupation idéologique et ne cherche pas à transformer la société dans laquelle il œuvre. Qu'il soit actif dans la société capitaliste ou dans la société socialiste, il s'agit toujours de syndicalisme d'acceptation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

The principle or policy of forming or adhering to a union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Mouvement qui a pour objectif de grouper des personnes exerçant une même profession en vue de la défense de leurs intérêts communs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización sindical
DEF

Tendencia de ciertos sectores laborales a defender sus intereses por encima de lo que procedería desde una visión más ecuánime que tuviese en cuenta los intereses generales.

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Record 5 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

Employment conditioned on union membership, as in the closed shop or the union shop or in maintenance of membership or preferential hiring systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Régime syndical par lequel les travailleurs sont requis d'être membres ou de devenir membres d'un syndicat pour obtenir ou conserver un emploi.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

"Évolution néfaste, voire perversion du syndicalisme c'est-à-dire pratique syndicale qui s'appuie sur des permanents plutôt que sur des bénévoles, sur des prérogatives institutionnelles plutôt que sur la confiance des travailleurs, sur la légitimité électorale plutôt que sur le militantisme". (F. de Closets, Tous Ensemble p. 10).

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

Concept of trade union structure based on the inclusion of workers of all kinds in a single multi-purpose union. The concept is regarded by some trade unionists as an answer to the power of multi-national companies.

Key term(s)
  • multi-craft unionism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

Trade union structure based upon the organisation of workers of similar interests, without regards to the industry in which they are employed ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Forme de syndicalisme qui groupe les travailleurs selon leur métier ou leur niveau de compétence.

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
DEF

A theory of trade union organisation involving industrial unions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
DEF

Forme de syndicalisme qui regroupe les travailleurs selon l'industrie où ils travaillent.

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization
OBS

(...) the AFL would not tolerate "dual unionism": two unions could not try to organize the same workers; and a group of workers could not break away from a recognized national union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale

Spanish

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Record 11 1981-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 12 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation syndicale
OBS

m Section de Québec 1974. Relations Industrielles.

Spanish

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