Unionism
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Modern production systems, in which information technology plays an increasingly crucial role, are totally different from the large factory floors that characterized the birth of trade
unionism
and social democracy.
In the West, this interest derives in part from declining faith in traditional trade unionism; in the postcommunist East it was stimulated by the speedy collapse of state socialism.
Today, reformers on the left hope that employee ownership will succeed where
unionism
and government ownership failed in equalizing power and wealth, and in decreasing worker alienation and exploitation.
But sensitivity to human rights has done nothing to staunch trade
unionism'
s worldwide decline.
Some argue that in the US and elsewhere the human rights regime is so powerful and pervasive that trade
unionism
is no longer necessary or even desirable.
Without a new burst of trade
unionism
in poor countries, the worldwide movement to insure human and labor rights will lose momentum and stall, turning hope into helplessness for millions of desperate workers.
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