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Titolo: | Trade unions in renewal : a comparative study / / edited by Peter Fairbrother and Charlotte A.B. Yates |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina: | 304 |
Soggetto topico: | Labor unions |
Labor unions - United States | |
Labor unions - Commonwealth countries | |
Comparative industrial relations | |
Altri autori: | FairbrotherPeter YatesCharlotte A. B |
Note generali: | Reprint. Originally published by Continuum [2003]. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 economy | |
12 Social movement unionism: beyond the organizing model13 Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Trade unions in renewal |
ISBN: | 1-135-84245-0 |
1-315-05894-4 | |
0-8264-5437-2 | |
1-135-84238-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790640603321 |
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