Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity.

Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity.

This volume examines the possibilities and obstacles to transnational solidarity in a period of global restructuring. It brings together a range of international and transnational case studies, examining successful and failed transnational solidarity covering inter-trade union co-operation as well a...

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Main Author: Bieler, Andreas
Other Authors: Lindberg, Ingemar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2010.
Series:Rethinking globalizations.
Subjects:
International labor activities.
Labor unions.
Labor movement.
Globalization.
trade unions.
globalism.
Globalization
International labor activities
Labor movement
Labor unions
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and conceptual considerations; 1 Globalisation and the new challenges for transnational solidarity: An introduction; 2 Trade unions, global competition and options for solidarity; Part II: Trade union solidarity across borders?; 3 East-West European labour transnationalism(s): Rivalry or joint mobilisation?; 4 Detours of solidarity: Experiences from Ericsson in Colombia.
  • 5 Building rank and file activism: A study of the Global Action Day Campaign in the history of the International Transport Workers' FederationPart III: Transnational solidarity involving trade unions and social movements; 6 Informal work and transnational organising; 7 What does transnational labour organising and solidarity mean for Sri Lankan free trade zone women workers?; 8 Victory through solidarity?: The story of a women workers' strike in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone; 9 Cross-border wage struggles in the global garment industry: The campaign for an Asia floor wage.
  • Part IV: Transnational solidarity in defence of the public sector10 Challenging privatisation and access to health care services: The role of trade unions; 11 Thinking through transnational solidarity: The case of SINTRAEMCALI in Colombia; Part V: Trade union: social movement cooperation in the developed world; 12 How new social alliances changed politics in Norway; 13 Trade union and social movement cooperation in the defence of the European public sector; Part VI: What strategies towards transnational solidarity?; 14 Making connections: Transnational solidarity through the Internet.
  • 15 Varieties of solidarity: An analysis of cases of worker action across borders16 Conclusions: A variable landscape of emerging transnational solidarities; Bibliography; Index.

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