Global Unions : : Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns /

Global Unions : : Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns / / ed. by Kate Bronfenbrenner.

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To meet the challenges of globalization, unions must improve their understanding of the changing nature of corporate ownership structures and practices, and they must develop alliances and strategies appropriate to the new environment. Global Unions includes original research from scholars around th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Boswell, Terry,
Frundt, Henry,
Gunawardana, Samanthi,
Juravich, Tom,
Kolben, Kevin,
Pulignano, Valeria,
Snell, Darryn,
Stevis, Dimitris,
Sukthankar, Ashwini,
Tattersall, Amanda,
Turnbull, Peter,
Wad, Peter,
HerausgeberIn:
Bronfenbrenner, Kate,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 3 tables, 7 charts/graphs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Beating Global Capital: A Framework and Method for Union Strategic Corporate Research and Campaigns
  • 2. "Due Diligence" at APM-Maersk: From Malaysian Industrial Dispute to Danish Cross-Border Campaign
  • 3. Indian Labor Legislation and Cross-Border Solidarity in Historical Context
  • 4. Struggle, Perseverance, and Organization in Sri Lanka's Export Processing Zones
  • 5. Organizing in the Banana Sector
  • 6. Dockers versus the Directives: Battling Port Policy on the European Waterfront
  • 7. Going National or European? Local Trade Union Politics within Transnational Business Contexts in Europe
  • 8. Labor-Community Coalitions, Global Union Alliances, and the Potential of SEIU's Global Partnerships
  • 9. International Framework Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Unionism
  • 10. Beyond Workers' Rights: Transnational Corporations, Human Rights Abuse, and Violent Confl ict in the Global South
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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