Unions in a globalized environment : changing borders, organizational boundaries, and social roles / Bruce Nissen, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nissen, Bruce, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions.

Foreign trade and employment.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

How can American unions survive in our increasingly globalized business environment? With the trend toward multinational corporations, free trade pacts, and dismantling import barriers, organized labor has been steadily losing ground in the United States. This book argues that to reverse this trend, U.S. unions must create ties with workers and unions in other countries, and include the ever-increasing number of immigrant workers in their ranks. And it calls for a shift toward "social movement unionism, " which would change unions' orientation from exclusively market-focused and more toward social issues and rights.

Contents:

1. The Labor Movement in a New Globalized Environment: An Introduction / Bruce Nissen 3

Part I Cross-Border Organizing and Solidarity

2. Free Trade and Worker Solidarity in the North American Auto Industry / Steve Babson 17

3. Four Models of Cross-Border Maquila Organizing / Henry J. Frundt 45

4. Union Global Alliances at Multinational Corporations: A Case Study of the Ameritech Alliance / Jeff Rechenbach, Larry Cohen 76

Part II Responding to Immigration

5. New Workers, New Labor, and the New Los Angeles / Ruth Milkman 103

6. Unions and Immigrants in South Florida: A Comparison / Bruce Nissen, Guillermo Grenier 130

Part III Internal Transformation: Moving Toward Social Movement Unionism?

7. The Strategic Challenge of Organizing Manufacturing Workers in Global/Flexible Capitalism / Fernando Gapasin, Edna Bonacich 163

8. Does Neoliberal Restructuring Promote Social Movement Unionism? U.S. Developments in Comparative Perspective / Ian Robinson 189

9. Citizenship Movement Unionism: For the Defense of Local Communities in the Global Age / Paul Johnston 236

10. Concluding Thoughts: Internal Transformation? / Bruce Nissen 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765608693

0765608707

OCLC:

47894702