The role of collective bargaining in the global economy : : negotiating for social justice / / edited by Susan Hayter.

This book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today's global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and labour st...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Negotiating employment security: innovations and derogations; 3. Negotiating working time in fragmented labour markets: realizing the promise of "regulated flexibility"; 4. Bargaining for training: converging or diverging interests?; 5. Workplace change and productivity: does employee voice make a difference?; 6. Mind the gap: collective bargaining and wage inequality; 7. Illustrating the gap: collective bargaining and income distribution in Chile
  • 8. Collective bargaining in transition: measuring the effects of collective voice in China9. The economic impact of collective bargaining coverage; 10. New roles for unions and collective bargaining post the implosion of Wall Street capitalism; 11. Globalizing industrial relations: what role for International Framework Agreements?; 12. Conclusion; Index