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Trade Unions protecting self-employed workers. Why self-employed workers need better rights? What unions are doing? Which priorities for the future?

"Organising and protecting atypical workers better – especially self-employed workers – is an ETUC commitment.This research shows that union membership for the self-employed is widely accepted among ETUC affiliated organisations. Contrary to those who claim that trade unions are rigid organisat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fulton, Lionel
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Brussels 2018
ETUC
Subjects:
self employed
self employment
workers rights
collective bargaining
social protection
trade unionization
trade union role
trade union document
Western Europe
Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19304453124911226359-Trade-unions-protecting-self-e.htm
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Summary:"Organising and protecting atypical workers better – especially self-employed workers – is an ETUC commitment.This research shows that union membership for the self-employed is widely accepted among ETUC affiliated organisations. Contrary to those who claim that trade unions are rigid organisations rooted in the industrial fabric of the last (or even 19th) century, this is a(nother) sign that unions are adapting to the dynamics of the labour market and do seek to better defend the rights of workers."
Physical Description:94 p.
Digital
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