Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity.
This volume examines the possibilities and obstacles to transnational solidarity in a period of global restructuring. It brings together a range of international and transnational case studies, examining successful and failed transnational solidarity covering inter-trade union co-operation as well a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis Ltd.,
2010.
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Colección: | Rethinking globalizations.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and conceptual considerations; 1 Globalisation and the new challenges for transnational solidarity: An introduction; 2 Trade unions, global competition and options for solidarity; Part II: Trade union solidarity across borders?; 3 East-West European labour transnationalism(s): Rivalry or joint mobilisation?; 4 Detours of solidarity: Experiences from Ericsson in Colombia.
- 5 Building rank and file activism: A study of the Global Action Day Campaign in the history of the International Transport Workers' FederationPart III: Transnational solidarity involving trade unions and social movements; 6 Informal work and transnational organising; 7 What does transnational labour organising and solidarity mean for Sri Lankan free trade zone women workers?; 8 Victory through solidarity?: The story of a women workers' strike in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone; 9 Cross-border wage struggles in the global garment industry: The campaign for an Asia floor wage.
- Part IV: Transnational solidarity in defence of the public sector10 Challenging privatisation and access to health care services: The role of trade unions; 11 Thinking through transnational solidarity: The case of SINTRAEMCALI in Colombia; Part V: Trade union: social movement cooperation in the developed world; 12 How new social alliances changed politics in Norway; 13 Trade union and social movement cooperation in the defence of the European public sector; Part VI: What strategies towards transnational solidarity?; 14 Making connections: Transnational solidarity through the Internet.
- 15 Varieties of solidarity: An analysis of cases of worker action across borders16 Conclusions: A variable landscape of emerging transnational solidarities; Bibliography; Index.