International Workshop: Globalization and the Possibility of Transnational Actors – The case of trade unions

Call for Papers: International workshop on Labour and transnational action in times of crisis: from case studies to theory. Centre for Advanced Study, Oslo; 27 and 28 February 2014: „Neo-liberal globalisation and Europeanization have put national labour movements under pressure. The increasing transnationalization of production and centralisation of economic governance within multinational firms and supranational organisations (EU, ECB, IMF, WTO) have put national trade unions in competition with each other. And yet, workers are not without weapons. Too often the structural constraints of the global economy are emphasised, at the expense of potential agency of labour. These economic and political integration processes have also provided new strategic possibilities for trade unions. Key here is the way of how trade union action at the local and national level may be connected across borders in moments of transnational solidarity…” For further information have a look at the homepage