dc.contributor.author | VOGIATZOGLOU, Markos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-09T10:07:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-09T10:07:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Transfer - European review of labour and research, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 215-228 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1024-2589 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7284 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39345 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article describes the development of cross-national labour movement networks between Italy and Greece and explains why some of their efforts produced concrete results, while others did not. A typology of transnational movement networking is presented and then specific instances are examined: (a) the Italian and Greek trade union confederations’ efforts to coordinate their actions for the European Days of Action; (b) the 2005/2006 attempt to import to Greece the experience and practices of precarious workers in Italy; and (c) the cross-national campaign by workers occupying factories to bring together their experiences and to construct a common discourse on alternative modes of production. The article, based on rich empirical data gathered during six years, concludes with three main points: (i) Collaborative networks are more difficult to construct, but may prove stronger and richer than any other networking type. (ii) Cross-national structural similarities are not considered sufficient for labour collaboration: each national discursive context needs to be taken into account. (iii) Transnational action stands more chance of success if its immediate goals are tangible and rooted in real-life experiences. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Transfer - European review of labour and research | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | [COSMOS] | en |
dc.title | Workers' transnational networks in times of austerity : Italy and Greece | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1024258915573193 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 215 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 228 | |
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dc.identifier.issue | 2 | |