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‘We all work in the same world. An injury to one is an injury to all — even if the injured one lives on the other side of the planet’.
Until very recently, international trade unionists had to hammer that message home everywhere, time and time again. Today, it is common knowledge.
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Thorpe, V. (1999). Global Unionism: The Challenge. In: Munck, R., Waterman, P. (eds) Labour Worldwide in the Era of Globalization. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27063-7_13
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