Union Mergers in Hard Times : : The View from Five Countries /

Union Mergers in Hard Times : : The View from Five Countries / / Gary N. Chaison.

The past fifteen years have been difficult for the labor movements in industrial countries. Gary N. Chaison addresses questions implicit in the decline of unions in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand: How and why do labor unions merge under pressure? What role do me...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Chaison, Gary N.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1996
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 4 drawings, 15 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Union Merger Process
  • CHAPTER 2. The United States: Merging for Growth and Survival
  • CHAPTER 3. Canada: New Pressures and Possibilities
  • CHAPTER 4. Great Britain: The Merger Tradition Continues
  • CHAPTER 5. Australia: Rationalization through Amalgamation
  • CHAPTER 6. New Zealand: In The Aftermath of the 1,000-Member Rule
  • CHAPTER 7. Conclusions: The Merger Option in Hard Times
  • APPENDIX 1. Union Mergers in the United States, 1980-1994
  • APPENDIX 2. Union Mergers in Canada,1980-1993
  • APPENDIX 3. Union Mergers in Great Britain, 1980-1993
  • APPENDIX 4. Union Mergers in Australia, 1980-1994
  • APPENDIX 5. Union Mergers in New Zealand, 1986-1993a
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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