(How) can international trade union organisations be democratic?

(How) can international trade union organisations be democratic? with Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

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International trade union organisations, like unions at national level, commonly affirm their commitment to internal democracy. But what does this mean? We will be discussing this with two academic giants, Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick. Find out more in Rebecca's and Richard's latest article in Transfer: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1024258920938499 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etui/message

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