Where are miners’ unions going? trade unions in Vorkuta, Russia
The emergence of alternative unions in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, suggested that new forms of unionism were developing. However, in the coalfields, the Independent Miners’ Union was unable to realise its initial promise, while the successors of the official unions began a complicated proce...
Published in: | Industrial Relations Journal |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
1996
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00777.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1468-2338.1996.tb00777.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00777.x |
Summary: | The emergence of alternative unions in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, suggested that new forms of unionism were developing. However, in the coalfields, the Independent Miners’ Union was unable to realise its initial promise, while the successors of the official unions began a complicated process of union renewal. This has laid the foundation for some form of reunification between the two types of unions. |
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