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:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

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:

pt. 1. Cross-border organizing and solidarity

pt. 2. Responding to immigration

pt. 3. Internal transformation : moving toward social movement unionism?.

Notes:

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-29101-0

1-315-29099-5

1-315-29100-2

9781315291017

OCLC:

959150041