Global Unions : Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns / Kate Bronfenbrenner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bronfenbrenner, Kate, editor.

Series:

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

Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International labor activities--Congresses.

International labor activities.

Labor unions--Congresses.

Labor unions.

International business enterprises--Congresses.

International business enterprises.

Globalization--Congresses.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Beating Global Capital: A Framework and Method for Union Strategic Corporate Research and Campaigns / Juravich, Tom

2. "Due Diligence" at APM-Maersk: From Malaysian Industrial Dispute to Danish Cross-Border Campaign / Wad, Peter

3. Indian Labor Legislation and Cross-Border Solidarity in Historical Context / Sukthankar, Ashwini / Kolben, Kevin

4. Struggle, Perseverance, and Organization in Sri Lanka's Export Processing Zones / Gunawardana, Samanthi

5. Organizing in the Banana Sector / Frundt, Henry

6. Dockers versus the Directives: Battling Port Policy on the European Waterfront / Turnbull, Peter

7. Going National or European? Local Trade Union Politics within Transnational Business Contexts in Europe / Pulignano, Valeria

8. Labor-Community Coalitions, Global Union Alliances, and the Potential of SEIU's Global Partnerships / Tattersall, Amanda

9. International Framework Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges for Global Unionism / Stevis, Dimitris / Boswell, Terry

10. Beyond Workers' Rights: Transnational Corporations, Human Rights Abuse, and Violent Conflict in the Global South / Snell, Darryn

Conclusion

References

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780801461545

0801461545

OCLC:

732957104