Global unions, local power : the new spirit of transnational labor organizing /

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News about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its strategies to benefit workers in rapidly changing global economic conditions. Global Unions, Local Power tells the story of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McCallum, Jamie K., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
International labor activities.
Labor and globalization.
Labor movement > International cooperation.
Transnationalism.
Travailleurs > Activités internationales.
Travail et mondialisation.
Mouvement ouvrier > Coopération internationale.
Transnationalisme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
International labor activities
Labor and globalization
Transnationalism
Globalisierung
Internationale Arbeiterbewegung
Gewerkschaftsbewegung
Transnationale Politik
Fackliga organisationer.
Globalisering.
Internationellt samarbete.
Transnationalisering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Forging the new labor transnationalism : governance struggles and worker power
  • The globalization of the "organizing model"
  • The global campaign against G4S : globalizing governance struggles
  • Transnationalism, mobilization, and renewal in South Africa
  • Organizing the "unorganized" : varieties of labor transnationalism in India.

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