Global unions : challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns

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Author:

Bronfenbrenner, Kate, 1954-

ISBN:

9780801446160

9780801473913

Publication Information:

Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2007.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Series:

Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; no. 13

Series Title:

Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; no. 13

General Note:

Papers originally presented at a conference held Feb. 9, 2006 in New York, N.Y.

Contents:

Beating global capital : a framework and method for union strategic corporate research and campaigns / Tom Juravich -- "Due diligence" at APM-Maersk : from Malaysian industrial dispute to Danish cross-border labor campaign / Peter Wad -- Indian labor legislation and cross-border solidarity in historical context / Ashwini Sukthankar and Kevin Kolben -- Struggle, perseverance, and organization in Sri Lanka's export processing zones / Samanthi Gunawardana -- Organizing in the banana sector / Henry Frundt -- Dockers versus the directives : battling port policy on the European waterfront / Peter Turnbull -- Going national or European? : local trade union politics within transnational business contexts in Europe / Valeria Pulignano -- Labor-community coalitions, global union alliances, and the potential of SEIU's global partnerships / Amanda Tattersall -- International framework agreements : opportunities and challenges for global unionism / Dimitris Stevis and Terry Boswell -- Beyond workers' rights : transnational corporations, human rights abuse, and violent conflict in the global South / Darryn Snell.

Subject Term:

International labor activities -- Congresses.

Labor unions -- Congresses.

International business enterprises -- Congresses.

Globalization -- Congresses.

Added Author:

Bronfenbrenner, Kate, 1954-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007018957.html

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To meet the challenges of globalization, unions must improve their understanding of the changing nature of corporate ownership structures and practices, and they must develop alliances and strategies appropriate to the new environment. Global Unions includes original research from scholars around the world on the range of innovative strategies that unions use to adapt to different circumstances, industries, countries, and corporations in taking on the challenge of mounting cross-border campaigns against global firms. This collection emerges from a landmark conference where unionists, academics, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations from the Global South and the Global North met to devise strategies for labor to use when confronting the most powerful corporations such as Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil.

The workplaces discussed here include agriculture (bananas), maritime labor (dock workers), manufacturing (apparel, automobiles, medical supplies), food processing, and services (school bus drivers). Kate Bronfenbrenner's introduction sets the stage, followed by contributions describing specific examples from Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Bronfenbrenner's conclusion focuses on the key lessons for strengthening union power in relation to global capital.