STRUGGLE OF TRADE UNIONS AGAINST SOCIAL DUMPING

Abstract

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].ABSTRACT In the context of modern globalization, transnational corporations (TNC) use social dumping in their practice, which is expressed in the export of low-quality economic resources, political ideas or sociocultural values for their own advantage to underdeveloped countries. The authors of the article, using examples from the activities of international transport unions, show their struggle against such dumping, in defense of the labor rights of wage workers, as well as attempts to establish mutually beneficial cooperation between trade unions, business and government. Keywords: globalization, transport trade unions, international transport workers’ federation (ITWF), social dumping, transnational corporations, trade union struggle strategy, labor rights of workers.