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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450060303321

Titolo

The globalisation of labour counter-coordination and unionism on the internet [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors: Margaret Greico, John Hogan and Miguel Martinez Lucio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50937-6

9786610509379

1-84544-735-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Critical perspectives on international business ; ; v. 1, no. 2/3

Altri autori (Persone)

GreicoMargaret

HoganJohn

LucioMiguel Martinez

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

Globalization

International economic relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Foreword; Introduction; The advent of open source unionism?; Union renewal, union strategy and technology; Globalisation, collective action and counter-coordination; Recovering experience, confirming identity, voicing resistance; The networked union? The internet as a challenge to trade union identity and roles; ICTs, distributed discourse and the territorialisation of labour: the case of Balkan trade unionism; Information and communications technology use in British unions; Unions and cyber-activism in South Africa; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

Traditional trade union structures have been slow to realise the capabilities of new information technology in respect of the globalisation of labour. Yet the co-ordinative capabilities of international labour with the advent of the Internet are radically enhanced as the actions of workers in the international transport sector demonstrate.