01541pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001500040245006700055260000900122300001600131362001000147520103700157650001101194773003401205909001001239999001701249952010501266180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJose, A.V.  aDignity at work: strategies for labour in developing countries  c2004  ap.4447-454.  a2 Oct  aThis paper argues that historically the main mission of trade unions has been to ensure an equitable distribution of the fruits of economic growth. The unions accomplished this mission through strategies aimed at enhancing the content of `substantive rights' - wages, hours of work and working conditions - and an minimising income inequalities between the incumbents and new entrants to the world of work. A return to this earlier emphasis on non-competing groups has assumed strategic importance in today's global economy. The paper discusses some options before the labour movement with special reference to the developing countries. There is much to learn from union experience in industrial societies, where they have made substantive rights accessible to a broad spectrum of workers including those at the lower end of markets. By building on such rights, the labour movement can help develop a social floor for the global economy, empowering workers to gain access to a larger basket of rights and entitlements. - Reproduced.  aLabour  aEconomic and Political Weekly  a62766  c62766d62766  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 39, Issue no: 40pAR63216r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR