For trade unions, the central problematic of globalization is the growing disparity between the mobility of capital and labour. The ability of capital to operate on a trans-national basis is widely perceived to have precipitated a process of cost cutting as international companies seek to cut...

Trade Unions and Management: Developing a Partnership Robert M. Carton, Spiro Press, 2003, 143 pp., L14.95 (paperback) The Meaning of Militancy? Postal Workers and Industrial Relations Gregor Gall, Ashgate, 2003, 364 pp., L55.00 (hardback) Studies in Labour Markets and Industrial Relations Mario...

Books reviewed: International and Comparative Employment Relations, Chris Brewster The Privatisation Process in East-Central Europe. Evolutionary Processes of Czech Privatizations, Anne Mills Fighting for Partnership: Labour and Politics in Unified Germany, Tony Royle The Left's Dirty Job: The...

This article shows how engagement with the internet and aspects of the new economy/society require an appreciation of union difference and politics. It shows how union responses vary due to four factors: communication strategies, union identity, forms of internal democracy and a range of...

The article will address the issue of training and development in Spain. First, the general economic and labour market context will be outlined. Second, the public policy context of training and development and the institutions of regulation will be considered in terms of the way challenges have...

Books Reviewed: Mauro F. Guille'n, The Limits of Convergence: Globalization and Organizational Change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein and John Schmitt, The State of Working America Lowell Turner, Harry C. Katz and Richard W. Hurd (eds), Rekindling the...