Violence and Trade Union Radicalism: consequence of revolutionary ideologies or the dire to return to the original activism or luddism? Cover Image

Violence et radicalite sindicale: consequence des ideologies revolutionnaires ou unevelleite de retour a l'activisme originel du luddisme?
Violence and Trade Union Radicalism: consequence of revolutionary ideologies or the dire to return to the original activism or luddism?

Author(s): Zanon Yacouba Traore
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Civil Society
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: violence; unionism; radicalism; luddism; ideology;

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the issue of violence and union radicalism. It starts fromthe observation of the radicalization of trade union demands often punctuated by all kinds of violence to focus on the main causes of this extremism. On one hand, the influence of revolutionary ideologies on the trade unions is presentedas the first motive and, on the other hand, it is the will to return to Luddite activism that is indicated as the second motive. It is recommended that the union be participatory and put itself above political ideologies.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 250-254
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: French