LEADER 04473nam 2200721 450 001 9910814810803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6947-3 010 $a1-322-52282-0 010 $a0-8014-6948-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801469480 035 $a(CKB)2550000001192962 035 $a(OCoLC)864358288 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10787125 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047480 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12340094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047480 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11158556 035 $a(PQKB)11505536 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001505777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138527 035 $a(DE-B1597)478542 035 $a(OCoLC)979576438 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801469480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58317 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10787125 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683564 035 $a(OCoLC)900744038 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001192962 100 $a20131107d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobal unions, local power $ethe new spirit of transnational labor organizing /$fJamie K. McCallum 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aNew York :$cCornell University Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-7862-6 311 $a0-8014-5193-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForging the new labor transnationalism : governance struggles and worker power -- The globalization of the "organizing model" -- The global campaign against G4S : globalizing governance struggles -- Transnationalism, mobilization, and renewal in South Africa -- Organizing the "unorganized" : varieties of labor transnationalism in India. 330 $aNews about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its strategies to benefit workers in rapidly changing global economic conditions. Global Unions, Local Power tells the story of the most successful and aggressive campaign ever waged by workers across national borders. It begins in the United States in 2007 as SEIU struggled to organize private security guards at G4S, a global security services company that is the second largest employer in the world. Failing in its bid, SEIU changed course and sought allies in other countries in which G4S operated. Its efforts resulted in wage gains, benefits increases, new union formations, and an end to management reprisals in many countries throughout the Global South, though close attention is focused on developments in South Africa and India. In this book, Jamie K. McCallum looks beyond these achievements to probe the meaning of some of the less visible aspects of the campaign. Based on more than two years of fieldwork in nine countries and historical research into labor movement trends since the late 1960's, McCallum's findings reveal several paradoxes. Although global unionism is typically concerned with creating parity and universal standards across borders, local context can both undermine and empower the intentions of global actors, creating varied and uneven results. At the same time, despite being generally regarded as weaker than their European counterparts, U.S. unions are in the process of remaking the global labor movement in their own image. McCallum suggests that changes in political economy have encouraged unions to develop new ways to organize workers. He calls these "governance struggles," strategies that seek not to win worker rights but to make new rules of engagement with capital in order to establish a different terrain on which to organize. 606 $aInternational labor activities 606 $aLabor and globalization 606 $aLabor movement$xInternational cooperation 606 $aTransnationalism 615 0$aInternational labor activities. 615 0$aLabor and globalization. 615 0$aLabor movement$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aTransnationalism. 676 $a331.88 700 $aMcCallum$b Jamie K$01601479 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814810803321 996 $aGlobal unions, local power$93925089 997 $aUNINA