Trade Unions and cooperatives : where are we at? / International Labour Office.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Organization.

Series:

Journal of International Labour Research

International Journal of Labour Research ; Volume 5, Issue 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business agents (Labor union officials).

Labor unions and communism.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 2008 crisis, all over the world, workers and trade unions responding to the impact of the crisis have turned to cooperatives, particularly worker cooperatives, as a way to preserve jobs and create a different path to economic and social development. This issue reviews select initiatives and examines the state of the relationship between trade unions and worker cooperatives.

Contents:

An emerging solidarity: Worker cooperatives, unions, and the new union cooperative model in the United States: Rob WitherellThe experience of SYNDICOOP in Africa: A model for trade union action?: Stirling Smith

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2015).

ISBN:

92-2-128051-9

OCLC:

905859435