Trade Unions in Renewal: A Comparative StudyPeter Fairbrother, Charlotte Yates 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 to develop a distinctive approach. This book aims to provide a thorough grounding for informed discussion and debate about the position and place of trade unions in modern economies. |
Contents
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2 The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing | 32 |
the transition to social movement unionism in the United States | 51 |
still searching for the holy membership grail | 78 |
one union fights for life | 102 |
6 From organizational breadth to depth? New Zealands trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act | 117 |
the service and food workers union of Aotearoa | 135 |
questions for British trade unions | 158 |
the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing science and finance | 180 |
the state of union renewal in Canada | 200 |
the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new economy | 221 |
beyond the organizing model | 244 |
13 Globalization trade union organization and workers rights | 263 |
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