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Review of: Matthew T. Huber (2022) Climate Change as Class War. Building Socialism on a Warming Planet 书评:马修·t·休伯(2022)气候变化是阶级战争。在变暖的地球上建设社会主义

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i3.5242

S. Schaupp

引用次数: 2

Oil in Ghana: The Work of the General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union (GTPCWU) 加纳的石油:运输、石油和化工总工会的工作

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.4557

M. Mcquinn, F.M.K. Sallah

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Review of: Jane Holgate (2021) Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence 书评:简·霍尔盖特(2021)《崛起:权力、战略与工会复兴》

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.5148

M. Atzeni

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African Trade Unions: An Introduction 非洲工会:导言

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.5194

M. Mcquinn

引用次数: 0

African Trade Unions and the Politics of Gender 非洲工会与性别政治

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.5195

M. Cojocaru, M. Mcquinn

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Review of: Andreas Bieler (2021) Fighting For Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe 评论：Andreas Bieler（2021）《为水而战：抵制欧洲私有化》

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.5157

A. Muehlebach

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What is a Worker? Framing People in the Informal Economy as Part of the Trade Union Constituency in Kenya and Tanzania 什么是工人？将非正规经济中的人视为肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚工会选区的一部分

IF 2.4

Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.4597

L. Riisgaard

引用次数: 5

ICTs, Distributed Discourse and the Labour Movement in Cabo Verde: Why Weak Communications Remain a Crucial Barrier to Trade Union Effectiveness 资讯通讯科技、分散式话语与佛得角劳工运动:为何沟通薄弱仍是工会运作的重要障碍

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.4980

M. Mcquinn, M. Cojocaru

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An Update on Editorial Changes at the GLJ GLJ编辑变更更新

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.5191

M. Cook, A. Gallas, N. P., Ben Scully

引用次数: 0

Trade Union Resurgence in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚工会复兴

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Global Labour Journal Pub Date : 2022-05-31 DOI: 10.15173/glj.v13i2.4560

S. Admasie

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