Global Unions, Local Power : : The New Spirit of Transnational Labor Organizing / / Jamie K. McCallum.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Forging the New Labor Transnationalism: Governance Struggles and Worker Power
- 2. The Globalization of the Organizing Model
- 3. The Campaign against G4S: Globalizing Governance Struggles
- 4. Transnationalism, Mobilization, and Renewal: The Battle with G4S in South Africa
- 5. Organizing the "Unorganized": Varieties of Labor Transnationalism in India
- Conclusion: Labor's Prospect
- Appendix: Comparative Research at the Global Level
- Notes
- References
- Index