Global restructuring, labour, and the challenges for transnational solidarity / / edited by Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785383603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-90579-0; 1-136-90580-4; 1-282-89854-X; 9786612898549; 0-203-84245-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Collana: Rethinking globalizations ; ; 25
• Altri autori (Persone): BielerAndreas <1967->; LindbergIngemar <1938->
• Disciplina: 331.88
• Soggetti: International labor activities; Labor unions; Labor movement; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and conceptual considerations; 1 Globalisation and the new challenges for transnational solidarity: An introduction; 2 Trade unions, global competition and options for solidarity; Part II: Trade union solidarity across borders?; 3 East-West European labour transnationalism(s): Rivalry or joint mobilisation?; 4 Detours of solidarity: Experiences from Ericsson in Colombia; 5 Building rank and file activism: A study of the Global Action Day Campaign in the history of the International Transport Workers' FederationPart III: Transnational solidarity involving trade unions and social movements; 6 Informal work and transnational organising; 7 What does transnational labour organising and solidarity mean for Sri Lankan free trade zone women workers?; 8 Victory through solidarity?: ; The story of a women workers' strike in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone; 9 Cross-border wage struggles in the global garment industry: The campaign for an Asia floor wage; Part IV: Transnational solidarity in defence of the public sector10 Challenging privatisation and access to health care services: The role of trade unions; 11 Thinking through transnational solidarity: The case of SINTRAEMCALI in Colombia; Part V: Trade union: social movement cooperation in the developed world; 12 How new social alliances changed politics in Norway; 13 Trade union and social movement cooperation in the defence of the European public sector; Part VI: What strategies towards transnational solidarity?; 14 Making connections: Transnational solidarity through the Internet; 15 Varieties of solidarity: An analysis of cases of worker action across borders16 Conclusions: A variable landscape of emerging transnational solidarities; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Globalisation has put national labour movements under severe pressure, due to the increasing transnationalisation of production, with the production of many goods being organised across borders, and the informalisation of the economy. Through a range of case studies, this volume examines the possibilities and obstacles to transnational solidarity of labour in a period of global restructuring and changing global political economy. It brings together a range of international and transnational case studies, examining successful and failed transnational solidarity covering inter-trade un