In their introduction to the Special Issue on ‘Labour unions in the Global South in times of neoliberalism’, Bettina Engels and Alexis Roy argue that trade unions have emerged from a historical specific context, i.e. a specific setting of relations of production. Trade unions are defined as as a tool that provides manifold possibilities of adaption and allows us to widen our understanding of the organization and mobilization of workers worldwide.

Link to the issue: Labour Unions in the Global South in times of neoliberalism, Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement edited by Bettina Engels and Alexis Roy

Link to the introduction by Bettina Engels and Alexis Roy

Link to the SYNDIQUAF project (Syndicalisme au quotidien en Afrique)