Journal Article

The EU’s economic partnership agreements with Africa: "Decent work" and the challenge of trade union solidarity

Abstract

The EU has in recent years adopted the International Labour Organisation’s Decent Work Agenda in its external trade and development policy. It is portrayed as a way to mitigate any negative impacts on labour. However, African trade unions have campaigned against the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). It is argued that their stance highlights the limitations of incorporating the Decent Work Agenda into trade agreements, which instead are seen as central to the process of entrenching economic liberalisation. As a result, the article considers the prospects for transnational labour solidarity to resist EPAs.

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Authors

Hurt, Stephen R.

Oxford Brookes departments

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\Department of Social Sciences

Dates

Year of publication: 2017
Date of RADAR deposit: 2017-03-24

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This RADAR resource is the Accepted Manuscript of The EU’s economic partnership agreements with Africa: "Decent work" and the challenge of trade union solidarity