81% found this document useful (62 votes) Show 156K views 233 pages Original TitleĐÁP ÁN LEXICO - WORDFORM - CLOZE TEST (1) FULL.doc Copyright© © All Rights Reserved Available FormatsDOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd Share this documentDid you find this document useful?81% found this document useful (62 votes) 156K views233 pages Đáp Án Lexico - Wordform - Cloze Test (1) FullJump to Page You are on page 1of 233 Reward Your CuriosityEverything you want to read. Anytime. Anywhere. Any device. No Commitment. Cancel anytime.  Introduction The rapid expansion of capitalism across the globe – in particular the current phase of turbo-charged, hyper-competitive ‘free’ market or neoliberal globalization – pose severe challenges for the entire world. This is particularly so in terms of the threat to the natural environment, jobless economic growth, the informalization of labour, the reduced capacity of the state to regulate and improve labour and other social standards – as well as the rising social inequality within and between countries that increasingly threatens global security. The labour movement is consequently challenged to look beyond narrow workplace concerns, in order to more assertively address the broader social and environmental issues of our times, both nationally and globally. To this end, the ILO sponsored Global Labour University (GLU) network organized a conference in April 2007, at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa on the theme of Labour and the Challenges of Development, wi... The participation of workers and trade unions in debates over economic development projects has become a required theme of study for both social agents and scholars of labor studies in Brazil. Special attention has been given to investment strategies and the restructuring of large companies, especially multinationals, and their effects on the places in which they are located. In such cases, the question is: does the logic of the shareholder, solely focused on financial dividends, prevail or is it possible to identify local practices of contestation that demand greater responsibility and commitment from the corporation in relation to the consequences of its activities on local territories? To demonstrate our argument, we will refer to three cases of productive territories in Brazil, with different historical and economic formation and traditions. The two older ones have been facing the negative effects of unemployment and reduction of industrial activities due to the 2008 crisis. These two cases reinforce the argument according to which trade unions and other social actors are capable of intervening in disputes over the utilization of economic resources produced in particular places so as to eventually constrain companies to alter their strategies and redefine their practices. At the same time, they express various strategies of action, with multiple forms of mobilization, organization and worker´s intervention in institutionalized or non-institutionalized ways. Trade Unions are major stakeholders in the production process,national development and transformation. They are key agents of social change and are still playing active roles as representatives of not just the workers but of the ordinary people, in nation-building and transformation of nations. The importance of their partnership with nationalists like Dr.Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo etc in bringing about Nigeria’s independence cannot be overemphasised. In fact, without the Trade unions involvement, the independence struggles of most African Countries would have ended as a disaster. Trade Unions also partnered with civil society groups and provided a platform for the resistance to the Military dictatorships and for the emergence of democratic rule in Nigeria. Since May 29 1999 trade Unions have continued to provide a ‘voice’ for the ordinary people and ‘shocking’ the Government into ‘shape’ whenever the need arose. Clearly therefore, these antecedents of trade unions have broadened their roles from that of traditional collective bargaining agents to more developmental and transformational roles. It has also demonstrated that Trade unions have great potentials that can be harnessed for national development and transformation by government at all levels, Capital and other development agents in Nigeria. However, these potentials can only be harnessed through a genuine partnership that is built on mutual trust and mutual respect. |
