Company Unions Research Articles

რეგიონში ტურისტული და გადამზიდავი კომპანიების თანამშრომლობის ორგანიზაციული მოდელის სრულყოფა

Tourism is recognized as one of the priority directions in the country's development. Its development is impossible without the development of relevant infrastructure and service industries in the regions. In this regard, transport services have a decisive role in the revival of the industry. Transport services for tourists in the Imereti region are mainly provided by private transport and tourism companies. In the research process, various options of the organizational model of cooperation of tourist and transport companies were developed for tourism and transport companies and their SWOT analysis was made. Modern tourist transport, regardless of its type, can belong to different forms of ownership. Transport services for tourists in the Imereti region are mainly provided by private transport and tourism companies. In the research process, various organizational models of cooperation of tourism and transport companies and their SWOT analyses were developed. Based on the conducted research, we obtained a specific scientific product, in particular: 1. Organizational models of tourism and transport enterprises in the transport services market were developed and their SWOT analysis was made. 2. In the Imereti region, such a form of relationship between entities in the market of tourist transport services is appropriate, such as the union of tourist firms and transport companies. This form of union solves some problems that arise in the process of tourist transport services, allowing tourist companies to work more efficiently, reduce costs, and increase the quality of service.

Transnational trade union strategies in the context of market integration: The case of company union clubs in the Nordic finance sector

The creation of a common European market for financial services has significantly altered the strategic edifice for banks, as well as for the trade unions representing their employees. In the Nordic countries, where regulation of the labour market has long relied on multiemployer bargaining and strong sector-level actors, this has led to a strategic realignment. Faced with mergers and acquisitions, the potential for delocalization and an increasing amount of directly applicable EU-regulation in the sector, Nordic finance trade unions have supported the creation of company-level trade union alliances within MNCs, while still building upon resources and repertoires stemming from Nordic ‘comparative institutional advantage’. Our ‘extended case study’ of three such alliances in the finance sector, called ‘Nordic company clubs’, concludes that, while trade unions there still benefit from strong, typically Nordic institutional and associational power resources, important actor-centred variables and capabilities such as narratives, scaling, resourcefulness and institutional experimentation complement and strengthen our understanding of trade union strategies and institutional change in the context of market integration.

Pandemic and fundamental right to housing: new criteria for adequate housing in the face of COVID-19 challenges in Brazil (2020-2022)

The pandemic problem brought with it a new social reality in the moral realm as well as in the habits that people engage in daily, which has irreversibly altered the way people live. In light of this, the goal of this research is to look into the fundamental right to housing, as well as the right to adequate housing, as outlined in the International Covenant on Economic and Social Rights (ICESCR), in the context of changes in people's daily routines brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of whether or not the environment is habitable. As a result, it explores whether the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the purchasing of houses with a larger number of rooms, given that families began to utilize the home more regularly. It specifically asks if the habitability parameter was changed to satisfy the new requirements that occurred because of the epidemic. To obtain an answer to this question, we will investigate whether or not there has been an increase in the desire for or acquisition of larger homes since the outbreak began. This is because a large percentage of the population is forced to work and study from home. Bibliographic research and data collection are carried out within the framework of the hypothetical-deductive methodology, using information obtained from the website of SECOVI-SSP (Union of Real Estate Purchase and Sale Companies) in relation to the cities of Campinas and Bauru from 2011 to 2022. It has been noted that the pandemic scenario has prompted people's daily lives to become an experience of social containment procedures with the goal of decreasing viral propagation. Despite this, there were no significant changes in the consumption model of new residences in the municipalities of Campinas and Bauru, even during the zenith of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Efficiency of pilot transportation within the framework of the Intertran project

Background: Nowadays, the transport industry is facing non-traditional challenges for it, such as the need for digitization of transport services, increasing the mobility of transportation and reducing dependence on paper technologies for its design. At the same time, at the moment, only rail transport demonstrates high-quality development to the market with a reorientation of the geography of services and plays an important strategic role in the development of the eastern polygon, offering exactly what shippers need: regular shipments, the shortest possible time and stable prices despite the global restructuring of markets and economic fluctuations.
 Objective: to determine the relationship between the expansion of the use of digital technology and the efficiency of the development of intermodal transport. We confirm that the Intertran project allows railway companies, seaports and regulatory authorities to interact effectively.
 Methods: the methodology of the study is based on the analysis of the order of electronic interaction between seaports and railways in the process of intermodal cargo transportation through seaports using electronic documents and data. The information base of the study is based on reports of Asian and European railway companies members of the International Union of Railways, Russian and foreign forwarding companies, as well as data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia and foreign customs authorities.
 Results: as a result of the research, the participation of JSC Russian Railways in the development of innovations and the digital market environment is justified, the procedure for processing documents in electronic form within the framework of the Intertran project using mobile workstations is determined, the effects of the organization of pilot cargo transportation within the project are determined, the need to expand the digital environment of trust between participants in transport and logistics processes is established.
 Conclusion: the study confirms that the basis for the effective development of the Intertran project and the interaction of railway companies, seaports and regulatory authorities is a set of actions aimed at electronic interaction of participants in the transportation process and further optimization of processing of technological operations.

THE EMPLOYER’S LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THE COMPANY TRADE UNION ORGANIZATION WITH ACCESS TO A PREMISES AND TECHNICAL FACILITIES VERSUS PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA ON BEHALF OF THE CONTROLLER

As the years of application of the GDPR continue, there is a growing awareness of the legal limitations and requirements that must be met for lawful data processing. The practices that have been in place for a long time, which include not only usual practices, but also those that are grounded in regulations, need to be reviewed from the perspective of personal data protection. In this publication, we turn our attention to the issue of personal data processing within the scope of the employer’s obligation to provide the company union organization with access to premises and technical facilities.

TRADE UNION REPRESENTATION OF EMPLOYEE INTERESTS AT THE WORKPLACE LEVEL

The article discusses trade union representation of employee interests at the workplace level. The author analyzes the structure of the company trade union organization, the facilitations in its functioning and the most important rights, including the right to collective bargaining. The analysis is the basis for assessing the current regulation and formulating conclusions for the future.

Comparing Working Conditions

Employers should be careful to avoid unlawful promises when comparing company wages and benefits between the company's union and union‐free locations. The same admonition is true when comparisons are being drawn between raises and other increases among unionized groups.

MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (CASE STUDY: PT. PAN BROTHERS, TBK)

This study contains the company management strategy of PT Pan Brothers, Tbk in the process of developing human resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. The process of developing human resources during a pandemic is carried out by the company thats like recruitment, training, controlling, performance appraisal and evaluation without layoffs. This research method uses qualitative research methods with a case study approach. This study uses primary data obtained directly from informants namely assistant company managers, company labor unions and HR consultants. The results showed that implementation of the human resource development process carried out by companies during the pandemic was not much different from the development of human resources before the pandemic, only the process mechanism was different. The company provides applications or systems to facilitate the process of developing human resources during the COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing technology in the industrial revolution 4.0. Researchers also found that during the pandemic, employee loyalty was needed as mentioned by Malayu and Armstrong so that an integrated relationship was created between the company and employees in the process of developing human resources.

Do local union strategies explain the (unexpected) union pay premium in China?

PurposeThe authors investigate the extent to which differences in provincial union legislation have impacts on the union earnings premium.Design/methodology/approachContent analysis of provincial union regulations of 25 provinces is conducted to create two indices: one reflecting the degree of stringency of the local requirement that unions be established in a timely fashion and the other reflecting requirements for employers to negotiate wages with the union. The authors use individual level data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) of 2010 to estimate the union earnings premium.FindingsThe authors find that unionised workers in China receive an earnings premium ranging from 6.4 to 9.6%, which is in range of other studies (but not all) for China that tend to find a (perhaps surprising) union wage premium in spite of the fact that unions tend to be “company unions” designed to foster stability and growth and to serve as a transmission belt for the wishes of the Party rather than bargaining for the benefit of their members. The authors also find that provincial requirements to establish unions in a timely fashion enhance the impact of unions on the earnings of their members, but provincial requirements to negotiate wages dampen the effect of unions on the earnings of their members. Reasons for these results are discussed.Originality/valueDespite this lack of independence of the Chinese unions, research continuously finds that Chinese unions have effects that are surprisingly similar to those of unions in Western countries. This paper drills deeper into the underlying mechanisms to see if local union strategies, exemplified by provincial union legislation, can explain the unexpected union effects on compensation. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to do so. Moreover, the authors use individual-level data in contrast to most studies on China that use firm or provincial level aggregate data.

Влияние пандемии на взаимодействие бизнеса и власти: взгляд бизнеса

The paper reviews the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business climate and the activities of Russian union of industrials and entrepreneurs member companies. On the basis of a survey of 480 companies (both Russian and foreign operating in Russia) the changes in the interaction between business and government, regulation, as well as the risks and opportunities faced by companies in the crisis caused by the spread of a new coronavirus infection are analyzed. High demand from business for systemic, including administrative, support measures rather than financial measures was identified during the pandemic. The specifics of the problems of small businesses were analyzed. The cases of transformation of the best corporate practices into legislative innovations are considered, in particular, using labor legislation as a reference. The paper presents the changes in the approach of particular authorities to providing support and communication with the business community, including both negative and positive practices. It also analyzes the trends of digitalization of interaction between business and state, including the risks of insufficient transition to an electronic interaction format. The problems faced by companies while obtaining support, such as excessive requirements and conditions for providing support, complex reporting system and narrow scope of support recipients, are discussed in the paper.

Uncovering regime resistance in energy transition: Role of electricity iron triangle in Taiwan

AbstractUsing electricity sector reform as a case study, this paper analyses the energy policy making in Taiwan, by applying the theoretical concept of regime resistance and an electricity iron triangle, aiming to elucidate analytical challenges that sustainability transition studies are facing in East Asia. While most such studies focus on the critical role of industrial incumbents, this paper shifts attention to the resistance of the “electricity iron triangle” of the ruling party, the utility workers' union and anti‐nuclear groups to fundamental transformation. It draws upon secondary data and primary information from interviews, especially governmental officials, environmental groups, journalists, electric utilities and Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) union members. This research contributes to the wider debates on regime resistance towards the phase‐out of nuclear power and on the effectiveness of electricity liberalisation as a means to achieve an effective energy transition.

Conflicto y desmovilización en la Argentina del Cordobazo. Un análisis comparativo de FIAT Concord Córdoba y FIAT Palomar Buenos Aires, 1969-1972

This article makes a comparative analysis between the different worker experiences developed in two company unions of the Fiat Group in Argentina in the period after Cordobazo (1969). While at the SITRAC, in the Concord plant in Cordoba, there was a strong unrest and a confrontational and radicalized trade union action ( clasismo ), at the SITRAFIC, in the Palomar plant in Buenos Aires, the conflict was limited and remained the predominance of a negotiating and conciliatory unionism ( vandorismo ). In order to explain these different trajectories, we analyze the union experiences of both working groups and the relationship between both processes.

Status prawny jedynej reprezentatywnej zakładowej organizacji związkowej

Status prawny jedynej reprezentatywnej zakładowej organizacji związkowej

SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE CYCLE: CASE STUDY IN A PATRONAL UNION

Studies involving the topics of organizational life cycle and situational leadership institutions in the third sector, as a union, was little explored in the literature. Moreover, recent changes in the Brazilian legislation brought new challenges to these organizations. This study seeks to fill these gaps, to analyze the role of leadership and organizational life cycle in a company union, linking theories against the employers' association. The metaphor of the organizations life cycle allows the analysis of organizations at different stages and, consequently, the role of leadership in the development of courses. The research was qualitative, used methods of case study and oral history, and descriptive and exploratory. Data collection used documental analysis, non-participant observation and in-depth interviews with seven leaders who experienced the historical trajectory of the institution. Among the main contributions of this study, it stands out as a theoretical contribution, the association of situational leadership theories and the organizational life cycle in a union representation institution, still little explored in the literature. Among the practical contributions highlight the situational leadership as alternative for sustainability for organizational cyclic life of a union, which now depend on its resources and internal management capabilities for their survival.

The Thatcher and Major Governments and the Union of Democratic Mineworkers, c. 1985–1992

Often now forgotten, the Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) is a breakaway organization formed after the 1984–85 miners’ strike, based primarily in Nottinghamshire. Formed in opposition to the policy and conduct of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) during the strike, newly available archival material has revealed that it received considerable support from the Conservative government, which sought to discourage ‘extremist’ trade unions such as the NUM and to promote ‘moderate’ unions. This article explores that relationship, demonstrating how the UDM was encouraged and rewarded for fitting the Thatcherite model of a ‘moderate’ trade union, and analyses its subsequent decline once that support was removed. Using the framework of Claus Offe and Helmut Wiesenthal, and Walther Muller-Jentsch, it assesses the extent to which the UDM was a ‘hybrid’ organization, displaying features of both an independent and company union

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The impact of the insect regulatory system on the insect marketing system

Taking the macromarketing approach to insect food and feed, we study how the global insect marketing system is impacted by the global insect regulatory system. As an illustration, we study how the regulations of the European Union, USA, Canada and Australia impact marketing strategies of individual companies, and how company-level behaviour combines into the dynamics of the whole insect marketing system. The output of the global insect marketing system is the global assortment of insect products. The regulatory system has its topics, content, and tools with differences between countries. Topics are the elements of the insect business that regulators care about. Content determines what insect products can be launched. Tools are the regulatory instruments and sanctions. Regulatory differences between countries are an important determinant in the geography of launch patterns and in the resulting global assortment of insect products available.

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Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City by Steve Early

Reviewed by: Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City by Steve Early Sarah Stanford-McIntyre Steve Early, Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City ( Boston: Beacon Press 2017) In Refinery Town, Steve Early calls our attention to Richmond, California, one of the most polluted towns you've probably never heard of. Standard Oil of California drew workers to the city beginning in 1905 and for the next 100 years its subsidiary Chevron spent billions to retain control of local politics. Over the course of seven chapters, Early gives an engaging account of present-day community resiliency and activism working to combat pollution, urban decay, and corporate control by one of the world's largest oil companies. Early's first chapter sets the stage for contemporary political battles. He gives a history of Richmond industrialization, looking at the social and economic legacy of concentrated industrialization. Early discusses Big Oil's multifaceted corporate philanthropy programs that won the hearts and minds of employees and residents. He pairs this with a description of efforts to prevent labour organizing at Richmond refineries. Company unions such as the Standard Oil Employee Representation Plan and the farming out of maintenance staff prevented effective labour organizing through the 1930s. After discussing the city's history of racial segregation and worsening urban blight after World War II, Early tracks Bay-Area student activism in the 1960s and the rise of a multiracial liberal coalition in the city. Throughout the rest of the book Early uses this history to contextualize the actions of a coalition of progressive activists as they attempt to fix the city's many problems. After discussing refinery strikes and worsening pollution throughout the 1940s and into the 2000s, Early narrates a 2012 refinery fire after which [End Page 277] the city sued Chevron for $2 billion in damages. In this fight Early sees the emergence of, "an unlikely group of Greens, Latinos, progressive Democrats, African Americans, and free spirits" uniting to form the Richmond Progressive Alliance. (39) This group, spearheaded by mayor Gayle McLaughlin and epitomized by police chief Chris Magnus are the clear underdog heroes of the narrative. According to Early, the Progressive Alliance's desire to improve the lives of local residents - often at the expense of the city's largest employer - made them many enemies. Chevron was supported by a mix of local officials entrenched within a corrupt Democratic party machine and conservative union members - most notoriously the local building trades and the police union. Early teases out the motivations driving this group. For some it was personal profit, for others it was political inertia, for yet others it seemed to be pride or tradition. Such a discussion allows Early to explore the majority-minority city's complicated racial politics. The Richmond Progressive Alliance was up against an entrenched system of political patronage that left many of the city's African American leaders complicit in the corporate status quo. This is not simply a story of segregation and racial oppression. Rather Early demonstrates shifting alliances between members of the Black community, working-class whites, and more recent Latino arrivals, some of whom saw Chevron as an important source of employment or an opportunity for personal profit. While the title might imply an environmental justice focus, this is not a story about pollution in a fenceline community. The narrative explains how left-wing, grassroots activists were able to win elections in a blue-collar city dominated by a single industrial employer. The majority of the book delves into local efforts to address contemporary social issues including police brutality, growing gang violence, gentrification, housing reform, and corporate control over local policy. Early's discussion of police chief Magnus's attempts to combat violent crime and to improve relationships between the majority-minority community and law enforcement is compelling. Magnus's efforts to involve locals in maintaining the safety of their own neighborhoods resonates at a moment of worsening police violence nation-wide. Early writes as a member of a community he deeply cares about. His insider knowledge of political alliances, community dynamics, and the city's colourful personalities shines...

Challenging ‘umthetho we femu’ (the law of the firm): gender relations and shop-floor battles for union recognition in Natal's textile industry, 1973–85

AbstractAs part of a growing working-class movement that sought full legal status as employees in South Africa, stable urban residence and union recognition, female African factory workers became part of a dynamic new labour movement emanating from the shop floor. At the same time, this new role allowed them to challenge patriarchal structures of authority in the factory, the community and the home. This article examines the gender dimension of a bitter inter-union rivalry that beset Durban's Frame textile complex during the early 1980s. With African unions at last recognized by the apartheid state, Frame sought to bolster the strength of a compliant company union in order to thwart the organizing drive of a more confrontational independent union, an affiliate of the newly established Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU). This union rivalry was fought out in the courts as well as inside the factory, in the streets of Durban's townships, and in an African workers’ hostel in nearby Clermont. The legal dispute generated affidavits by women workers attesting to the pressures they faced to join the company union and their reasons for preferring FOSATU. This evidence shows that African women successfully challenged the patriarchal authority of male managers, security personnel, indunas and male co-workers at Frame in order to join an independent union.