The Extent of Trade Unionism

Agricultural trade unionism and the crusade against outdoor relief: poor law politics in the Brix orth

This article examines the impact of the crusade against outdoor relief in the Brixworth Union (Nol'thamptonshire), which was one of the most fervent supporters of central government's poor law retreilchment campaign in the late-Victorian era. The paper examines the relationship between the origins of the crusade against out-relief and the advent of agricultural trade unionism. It argues that gu...

Spaces of hope? Fatalism, trade unionism and the uneven geography of capital in whitegoods manufacturing

Spaces of hope? Fatalism, trade unionism and the uneven geography of capital in whitegoods manufacturing Rob Lambert and Michael Gillan University of Western Australia By engaging with the ‘politics of scale’ labour geography challenges the fatalism and consequent passivity that pervades much of the labour movement. Similarly, new forms of labour internationalism and union organisation offer th...

Trade , Extent of the Market , and Economic Growth 1960 - 1996

We find that trade and domestic market size are robust determinants of economic growth over the 1960-1996 period when trade openness is measured as the US dollar value of imports and exports relative to GDP in PPP US$ (“real openness”). When trade openness is measured as the US dollar value of imports and exports relative to GDP in exchange rate US$ (“nominal openness”) however, trade and the s...

Geographic Spillover of Unionism

If a union successfully organizes one plant, does it make it easier to organize other nearby plants? If the answer is yes, there is a spillover effect from one plant to the next. If spillovers are important, then when a union gets it foot in the door and organizes some initial plants, unionism may spread like a contagion and turn a city into what trade unionists call a “union town.” The purpose...

Trade Unionism: Differences and Similarities – A Comparative View on Europe, USA and Asia