Workers, Unions, and Global Capitalism : : Lessons from India / / Rohini Hensman.
While it's easy to blame globalization for shrinking job opportunities, dangerous declines in labor standards, and a host of related discontents, the "flattening" of the world has also created unprecedented opportunities for worker organization. By expanding employment in developing c...
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Hensman, Rohini, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Workers, Unions, and Global Capitalism : Lessons from India / Rohini Hensman. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (440 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Emancipatory Action Research Into Workers' Struggles -- 2. Defining Globalization -- 3. Four Sources of the Global Crisis of 2008 -- 4. Capital, the State, and Trade Union Rights -- 5. Employees' Unions: An Experiment in Union Democracy -- 6. Informal Labor: The Struggle for Legal Recognition -- 7. Working Women and Reproductive Labor -- 8. Employment Creation and Welfare -- 9. International Strategies -- 10. Conclusion: Toward Global Solidarity -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star While it's easy to blame globalization for shrinking job opportunities, dangerous declines in labor standards, and a host of related discontents, the "flattening" of the world has also created unprecedented opportunities for worker organization. By expanding employment in developing countries, especially for women, globalization has formed a basis for stronger workers' rights, even in remote sites of production. Using India's labor movement as a model, Rohini Hensman charts the successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses, of the struggle for workers' rights and organization in a rich and varied nation. As Indian products gain wider acceptance in global markets, the disparities in employment conditions and union rights between such regions as the European Union and India's vast informal sector are exposed, raising the issue of globalization's implications for labor. Hensman's study examines the unique pattern of "employees' unionism," which emerged in Bombay in the 1950s, before considering union responses to recent developments, especially the drive to form a national federation of independent unions. A key issue is how far unions can resist protectionist impulses and press for stronger global standards, along with the mechanisms to enforce them. After thoroughly unpacking this example, Hensman zooms out to trace the parameters of a global labor agenda, calling for a revival of trade unionism, the elimination of informal labor, and reductions in military spending to favor funding for comprehensive welfare and social security systems. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Globalization Economic aspects. Labor movement India. Labor India. HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442472 print 9780231148009 https://doi.org/10.7312/hens14800 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231519564 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231519564/original |
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