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.: 9910828147103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Employment and work relations in context.