Abstract The inclusion of ‘just transition’ in the Paris Agreement 2015 has inspired subsequent attempts, and hopes, to bridge jobs versus climate divide attempts decarbonize industrial society. But what are imperatives for a just tr[ansition workforce? And nationally defined development priorities creation decent work quality jobs? Through interviews with Swedish trade union representatives fr...

The archaeological site of Shahr-i Sokhta, in the Sistan region south-eastern Iran, is noted for exceptional preservation human remains documented its necropolis. This report describes results a non-destructive multidisciplinary investigation into double burial excavated at preserving two skeletons subadults. first part this study provides an archaeotanatological and bioarchaeological descripti...

TRADE UNIONS are deeply affected by the situation in which they operate. This is clearly shown if we compare the history of unions in Russia and Britain—one the home of the world’s first workers’ state, the other the first haven of mass reformism. Trade union experience in Russia was very meager. Before the 1905 revolution unions hardly existed. It is true that in 1901 a police chief called Col...

To cope with steep losses in membership and eroding legal protections, some unions have begun to look outward for help. Scholars likewise point to broad-based coalitions as a potential route to labor’s revitalization. Yet surprisingly little is known about union coalition work, from when and why it occurs to what union allies typically bring to the table. We take up these issues with a unique d...

Research indicates that rapidly evolving technology and markets do not provide a first mover strategic advantage but favor the second mover. This paper introduces a third variable: hype. In a time of rapid technology and market evolution, hype overrides the expected results and gives the first mover a strategic advantage. This study examines a homogeneous set of medium-sized information-depende...

Performance-related pay (PRP) and performance management (PM) are now a part of the organizational landscape that unions face in the UK’s public services. While PRP and PM threaten the scope of traditional union bargaining activities, they simultaneously offer a new role to unions as providers of ‘procedural justice services’ to both union members and employers. We explore the case of the intro...

Friedrich Hayek wrote frequently on the consequences of trade unions, usually highly critically, making large claims about their very adverse economic and social impact. A close analysis of his work demonstrates that his judgments do not rest on a theory of trade unions which is clearly different from a conventional treatment; nor does he anywhere present any relevant new empirical work. Furthe...