Labour relations in the global fast-food industry / edited by Tony Royle and Brian Towers.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royle, Tony, 1957-

Towers, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations--Case studies.

Industrial relations.

Fast food restaurants--Employees--Case studies.

Fast food restaurants.

Fast food restaurants--Employees--Labor unions--Case studies.

Chain restaurants--Employees--Case studies.

Chain restaurants.

Chain restaurants--Employees--Labor unions--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fast-food industry is one of the few industries that can be described as truly global, not least in terms of employment, which is estimated at around ten million people worldwide. This edited volume is the first of its kind, providing an analysis of labour relations in this significant industry focusing on multinational corporations and large national companies in ten countries: the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Russia.The extent to which multinational enterprises impose or adapt their employment practices in differing national in

Contents:

Cover; Labour Relations in the Global Fast-Food Industry; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; List of acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Fast-food work in the United States; 3 Fast-food in Canada: working conditions, labour lawand unionization; 4 The 51st US state? Labour relations in the UK fast-food industry; 5 Undermining the system? Labour relations in the German fast-food industry; 6 Consensus and confrontation: fast-food in the Netherlands; 7 To Russia with Big Macs: labour relations in the Russian fast-food industry

8 'Mc Aunties' and 'McUncles': labour relations in Singapore's fast-food industry9 Employment relations in the Australian fast-food industry; 10 Standard recipes? Labour relations in the New Zealand fast-food industry; 11 Summary and conclusions: MNCs, regulatory systems and employment rights; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-59762-2

1-134-59763-0

1-280-13793-2

0-203-00577-5

9780203005774

OCLC:

475913874