Trade union development in central and Eastern Europe : ""the velvet revolution"" European Union accession and beyond / guest editor Geoff Hayward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayward, Geoff.

Series:

Employee relations: the international journal ; v. 27, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This unique ebook focuses on the development of 'free trade unions' in the former Soviet block countries. The contributors are writing from their own experiences, they lived in the 'old regime' and took part in the changes of the late 1980's' which ended the 'socialist experiment' and opened the way for those countries to travel the highway from command to market economies. They also served in senior positions in the trade union movement in the 'post-communist' period. Through them we are able to share first hand the aspirations and hopes of working people in the early days of the 'velvet revolt...

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; The GPMU and graphical and paper trade unions in central and eastern Europe; Changes in the role of the trade union in the Hungarian printing industry; Employee relations in the Czech Republic - past, present and future; Norwegian and Nordic trade union support and solidarity for trade unions in eastern and central Europe; The Labour Code in the Republic of Slovakia; ''Change and continuity'' - the experience of trade unions in the cultural sector of the former Soviet Union

The Dutch trade unions - and their support activities in central and eastern EuropeNote from the publisher

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50969-4

9786610509690

1-84544-832-4

OCLC:

62586009