 Early Trades Union International OrganisationsGary K. Busch
Chapter 2 in The Political Role of International Trades Unions, 1983, pp 15-30 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Even as national centres were growing in the late 1880s, craft unionists attending the meetings of the first and second internationals discovered that there were issues of mutual concern which they shared with fellow craft unionists from foreign nations. Across Europe, employers were introducing new techniques of production, new systems of work assignment and new methods of compensation. These craft unionists first began to meet informally at these larger union gatherings to discuss their union’s response to the new challenges. Then they began to create international information clearinghouses to disseminate their shared information to other unions within the same craft. These new organisations were called International Trades Secretariats (or ITSs for short). Each major craft developed its own ITS. By the beginning of the First World War there were thirty-three of these international trades secretariates in operation. Keywords: Trade Union; National Centre; International Labour Organisation; Labour Movement; Political Role (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-05579-1_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-05579-1_3 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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