AFL-CIO's secret war against developing country workers [[electronic resource] ] : solidarity or sabotage? / / Kim Scipes

• Autore: Scipes Kim
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.09172/4
• Soggetto topico: Labor unions - United States - History - 20th century; Labor unions and international relations - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-186) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Business unionism, Samuel Gompers and AFL foreign policy -- One hundred years of reaction : from Gompers to Sweeney -- War within labor : the struggle to build international labor solidarity -- The U.S. government and labor -- Conclusions, some ramifications, and effects on sociological theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the themes of imperialism and empire from the perspective of the foreign policy program of organized labor in the United States. It details efforts to make real popular democracy within Labor. The author calls for American workers to join the global movement for economic and social justice and to extend globalization from 'below' against the values and activities of the top-down and destructive military-corporate globalization that has been sweeping the world for years.
• Titolo autorizzato: AFL-CIO's secret war against developing country workers
• ISBN: 1-283-61450-2; 1-4616-3289-7; 9786613926951
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461861203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II