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Titolo |
Trade unions in renewal : a comparative study / / edited by Peter Fairbrother and Charlotte A.B. Yates |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-84245-0 |
1-315-05894-4 |
0-8264-5437-2 |
1-135-84238-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Employment and work relations in context series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FairbrotherPeter |
YatesCharlotte A. B |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor unions |
Labor unions - United States |
Labor unions - Commonwealth countries |
Comparative industrial relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published by Continuum [2003]. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Unions in crisis, unions in renewal?; 2 The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing; 3 You just can't do it automatically: the transition to social movement unionism in the United States; 4 Trade union innovation, adaptation and renewal in Australia: still searching for the holy membership grail; 5 A near death experience: one union fights for life |
6 From organizational breadth to depth? New Zealand's trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act7 A story of crisis and change: the service and food workers union of Aotearoa; 8 The dilemmas of social partnership and union organization: questions for British trade unions; 9 Rhetoric and reality: the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing, science and finance; 10 Strategic dilemma: the state of union renewal in Canada; 11 The revival of industrial unions in Canada: the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new |
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12 Social movement unionism: beyond the organizing model13 Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This comprehensive survey of continuity and change in trade unions looks at five primarily English-speaking countries: the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The authors consider the recent re-examination by trade union movements of the basis of union organization and activity in the face of a harsher economic and political climate. One of the impetuses for this re-examination has been the recent history of unions in the USA. American models of renewal have inspired Australia, New Zealand and the UK, while Canada has undergone a cautious examination of the US model with an attempt |
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