Daniel Kremers on Transnational Migrant Advocacy in Japan

Kremers, Daniel (2014) Transnational Migrant Advocacy from Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy Making Process, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 87, No. 4.

Peter Waterman on international labour movement.

Waterman, Peter (2014) The international labour movement in, against and beyond, the globalized and informatized cage of capitalism and bureaucracy, Inteface 6(2):35-58.

Marcel Paret's article on legality and exploitation

Paret, Marcel. 2014. "Legality and exploitation: Immigration enforcement and the US migrant labor system", Latino Studies (2014) 12, 503–526. doi:10.1057/lst.2014.53,

The new article on trade union organizing in Eastern Europe by Adam Mrozowicki

Mrozowicki, Adam (2014) "Varieties of trade union organizing in Central and Eastern Europe: A comparison of the retail and automotive sectors", European Journal of Industrial Relations 20(4) 297–315.

Andreas Bieler et al. on Rosa Luxemburg's The Accumulation of Capital

Bieler, Andreas, Sümercan Bozkurt, Max Crook, Peter Cruttenden, Ertan Erol, Adam David Morton, Cemal Burak Tansel and Elif Uzgören (2014) ‘The Enduring Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg’s The Accumulation of Capital’, Journal of International Relations and Development, available as advance online publication.

Richard Hyman, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Magdalena Bernaciak on European trade union crisis and renewal!

Bernaciak, Magdalena, Gumbrell-McCormick, Rebecca and Hyman, Richard (2014) European trade unionism: from crisis to renewal?ETUI Report 133.

Eli Friedman's article in the Development and Change (Debate on the Labour Question in Contemporary Capitalism)

Friedman, E. (2014), Alienated Politics: Labour Insurgency and the Paternalistic State in China. Development and Change, 45: 1001–1018. doi: 10.1111/dech.12114

Jenny Chan and Mark Selden on China's Rural Migrant Workers

Chan, Jenny and Mark Selden. 2014. “China’s Rural Migrant Workers, the State, and Labor Politics.” Critical Asian Studies 46(4): 599-620.

Barry Eidlin commenting on labor movement in popular media

The RC44 member, Barry Eidlin (School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University) commenting on labor-related issues in recent popular media:
Latest Pro-Labor Reform Proposal Might Actually Undermine Labor (Truthout)
Researcher Predicts A Comeback For Labor Unions (the Wisconsin Public Radio)

Class formation and class identity by Barry Eidlin

Eidlin, Barry (2014), Class Formation and Class Identity: Birth, Death, and Possibilities for Renewal. Sociology Compass, 8: 1045–1062. doi: 10.1111/soc4.12197.

Thematic issue of Working USA on Global labor solidarity edited by Kim Scipes

Thematic issue edited by Kim Scipes: "Working USA. The Journal of Labor and Society", 17 (2)

Building global labor solidarity today!

Scipes, Kim (2014) 'Building Global Labor Solidarity Today: Learning from the KMU of the Philippines' Class, Race and Corporate Power 2(2).

Analysing Labour and the Crisis!

Clua-Losada, Mònica and Laura Horn (2014) 'Analysing Labour and the Crisis' (special issue), Global Labour Journal, Vol.5/2. 

Workplace Justice!

Choudry, A., and Thomas, M. (2013) 'Labour struggles for workplace justice: Migrant and immigrant worker organizing in Canada', Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol.55/2: 212-26.

Bilateral Free Trade and Investment Agreements!

Choudry, A. (2014) 'Examining the disconnect between mass mobilizations and international trade union/NGO networks in struggles over bilateral free trade and investment agreements', Globalizations, Vol.11/1: 107-17.

Trade Unions in Europe!

Bernaciak, Magdalena, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Richard Hyman (2014) Trade Unions in Europe: Innovative Responses to Hard Times. Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

Bread and Roses!

Ross, Robert J. S. (2013) 'Bread and Roses: Women Workers and the Struggle for Dignity and Respect’, The Journal of Labour & Society, Vol.16/1: 59-68.

Second wind of neo-liberal 'free trade'?

Bieler, Andreas and Adam David Morton (2014) ‘Uneven and combined development and unequal exchange: the second wind of neoliberal “free trade”?’, Globalizations, Vol.11/1: 35-45.

Trade Unions and Transnational Labour Mobility!

Alho, Rolle (2013) ‘Trade Union Responses to Transnational Labour Mobility in the Finnish-Estonian Context’, Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, Vol.3/3: 133-52. 

Trade Union Responses to Labour Immigrants!

Alho, Rolle (2013) ‘Trade Union Responses to Labour Immigrants: Selective Solidarity’, Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, No.48: 77–102.

Free Trade and Transnational Labour!

Bieler, Andreas, Bruno Ciccaglione, John Hilary and Ingemar Lindberg (2014) Special Issue on ‘Free Trade and Transnational Labour’, Globalizations, Vol.11/1. 

Transnational struggle for workers' rights!

Gajewska, Katarzyna (2014) 'Transnational struggle for workers’ rights and missing domestic links: the case of Japanese activists’ involvement in the Toyota Philippines dispute', Global Labour Journal, Vol.5/1: 68-85. [download]

Analysing Union Power against GATS!

McGuire, Donna (2014) 'Analysing Union Power, Opportunity and Strategic Capability: Global and Local Union Struggles Against the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)', Global Labour Journal, Vol.5/1: 45-67. [download]

The Green Economy!

Cock, Jacklyn (2014) 'The "Green Economy": A Just and Sustainable Development Path or a "Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing"?', Global Labour Journal, Vol.5/1: 23-44. [download]

Temporary Agency Worker Organizing!

Choudry, Aziz and Mostafa Henaway (2014) 'Temporary Agency Worker Organizing in an Era of Contingent Employment', Global Labour Journal, Vol.5/1: 1-22. [download]

Global framework agreements in a union-hostile environment!

Fichter, Michael and Dimitris Stevis (2013) 'Global framework agreements in a union-hostile environment : the case of the USA', Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; available at http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/10377.pdf

[For an executive summaray, see http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/10401.pdf.]

Global Capitalism and the Transnational State!

Bieler, Andreas and Adam David Morton (2013/14) ‘The Will-O’-The-Wisp of the Transnational State’, Journal of Australian Political Economy, No.72: 23-51. [download]

For a summary of this article, see The Geopolitics of Global Capitalism and the Transnational State.