Trade unions in renewal a comparative study

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 fa...

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Otros Autores: Fairbrother, Peter (-), Yates, Charlotte A. B.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum 2003.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Employment and work relations in context series.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35597161*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unions in crisis, unions in renewal / Peter Fairbrother, Charlotte A.B. Yates
  • The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing / Kate Bronfenbrenner
  • You just can't do it automatically : the transition to social movement unionism in the United States / Kim Voss, Rachel Sherman
  • Trade union innovation, adaptation and renewal in Australia : still searching for the holy membership grail / Gerard Griffin, Rai Small, Stuart Svensen
  • A near death experience : one union fights for life / Belinda Probert, Peter Ewer
  • From organizational breadth to depth : New Zealand's trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act / Pat Walsh, Aaron Crawford
  • A story of crisis and change : the service and food workers union of Aotearoa / Sarah Oxenbridge
  • The dilemmas of social partnership and union organization : questions for British trade unions / Peter Fairbrother, Paul Stewart
  • Rhetoric and reality : the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing, science and finance / Bob Carter
  • Strategic dilemma : the state of union renewal in Canada / Pradeep Kumar, Gregor Murray
  • The revival of industrial unions in Canada : the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new economy / Charlotte A.B. Yates
  • Social movement unionism : beyond the organizing model / Christopher Schenk
  • Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights / Huw Beynon.