Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation

A comparison between sectors

Bibliographic Data

ID2297900
AuthorsRicardo Framil Filho (0000-0001-8212-6974, Universidade de São Paulo), Katiuscia Moreno Galhera (0000-0001-5790-0913, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados), Leonardo Mello E Silva (0000-0003-0753-7110, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2021
Volume33
Issue2
Pages163-182
Publication date2021-08-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTempo Social (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0103-2070 • E-ISSN: 1809-4554
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2021.184497
OpenAlexW3193366963
LanguageEN
References cited7

This article analyses cross-border trade union networks in Transnational Corporations (TNCs) in the metal and chemical, garment, retail, and commercial banking sectors in Brazil. Conceptualized as global union responses to the growing reach of TNCs, such networks have been established in different settings in the country and have engaged major corporations outside of traditional industrial relations frameworks, venturing into the controversial field of social dialogue, corporate responsibility, and private governance. From different research backgrounds, our findings suggest that union networks in TNCs can be used to rearrange union prerogatives across different levels but remain embedded in previous institutional structures. In this sense, such unions incorporate existing union boundaries, including the exclusion of relevant groups of workers, even as they can scale up the scope of trade union action

Business · Corporate governance · Corporation · Customs union · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · European union · Field (mathematics) · Geography · International trade · Political science · Scale (ratio) · Scope (computer science) · Single market · Trade union · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions