Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles

Regulated professions since the end of the 17th century, merchant seamen did not remain aloof from the unions from the 1870s onwards. The reformism of the early years gave way to massive recourse to local or national strikes and membership of the Confédération Générale du Travail. Until the middle o...

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Main Author: Ronan Viaud
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Language:fra
Published: Association Paul Langevin 2022-10-01
Series:Cahiers d’histoire.
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/19743
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description Regulated professions since the end of the 17th century, merchant seamen did not remain aloof from the unions from the 1870s onwards. The reformism of the early years gave way to massive recourse to local or national strikes and membership of the Confédération Générale du Travail. Until the middle of the 20th century, union action took place within a strictly national framework, with the State and the shipowners, very often allied, facing the seamen. Social advances were followed by defeats, accentuated by the extreme fragmentation that characterized the trade union landscape. From 1950 onwards, trade union pluralism became a permanent feature. Another scale of struggle, a global one, appeared with the reduction of the French merchant fleet in the aftermath of decolonization and the development of ships under flags of convenience. The need for transnational trade union organizations to improve the working conditions, safety and employment of seafarers, without distinction of nationality, became glaringly obvious and remains relevant today
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Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
Cahiers d’histoire.
strike
globalization
merchant navy
unionism
flag of convenience
title Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
title_full Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
title_fullStr Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
title_full_unstemmed Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
title_short Syndicalisme maritime. Organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en France, 19e-21e siècles
title_sort syndicalisme maritime organisations et mobilisations des marins de commerce en france 19e 21e siecles
topic strike
globalization
merchant navy
unionism
flag of convenience
url https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/19743
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