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Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 February 2021

US President Joe Biden’s trade representative Katherine Tai was central to creating the USMCA’s labour provisions, and Biden has made enforcing them a priority in his trade…

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Publication date: 10 October 2022

This follows a September ruling by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) ordering university staff to return to their classrooms. Academic staff have been on strike in…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273268

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 August 2018

The students had gathered from universities around the country to take part in a month-long protest that began as a dispute over the right of factory workers to unionise.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238041

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 August 2016

The government's dispute with mining cooperatives has produced violent confrontations. While the government is standing its ground, claiming that the protesters' demands violate…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213169

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 December 2021

The potato ban is one of several issues in which, when seen from Ottawa, US policy looks less neighbourly that many in the United States might assume. Although Prime Minister…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266254

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 7 November 2022

The dispute reflects the pressures imposed on the Castillo administration from both organised labour and the business community. Business groups have proved their capacity to…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273821

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 July 2020

The protests were triggered by serious disputes and threats to key institutions' legitimacy following the legislative elections in March and April, but the demonstrators are also…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253901

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 October 2022

The French government is using its emergency powers to break a two-week strike at five of the country's eight refineries, which has caused fuel shortages nationwide. Union action…

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Publication date: 15 November 2016

This will be the 14th strike in the pilots' wage dispute since April 2014. With foreign low-cost carriers (LCCs) building a presence inside the German market, the country's…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB215983

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