Trade Unions in Renewal : A Comparative Study

This comprehensive survey of continuity and change in trade unions looks at five primarily English-speaking countries: the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The authors consider the recent re-examination by trade union movements of the basis of union organization and activity in the face of a harsher economic and political climate. One of the impetuses for this re-examination has been the recent history of unions in the USA. American models of renewal have inspired Australia, New Zealand and the UK, while Canada has undergone a cautious examination of the US model with an attempt

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Fairbrother, Peter
Other Persons:	Yates, Charlotte (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Gewerkschaft \| Trade union \| Welt \| World \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Australien \| Australia
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (305 p)
Series:	Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context Ser. Employment and work relations in context series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 Unions in crisis, unions in renewal?; 2 The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing; 3 You just can't do it automatically: the transition to social movement unionism in the United States; 4 Trade union innovation, adaptation and renewal in Australia: still searching for the holy membership grail; 5 A near death experience: one union fights for life 6 From organizational breadth to depth? New Zealand's trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act7 A story of crisis and change: the service and food workers union of Aotearoa; 8 The dilemmas of social partnership and union organization: questions for British trade unions; 9 Rhetoric and reality: the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing, science and finance; 10 Strategic dilemma: the state of union renewal in Canada; 11 The revival of industrial unions in Canada: the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new economy 12 Social movement unionism: beyond the organizing model13 Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights; Index
ISBN:	978-0-8264-5437-9 ; 978-1-135-84238-3 ; 978-0-8264-5436-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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