Trade unions in renewal : a comparative study /
For years, unions in Anglo-American countries have suffered stagnant or declining memberships. They have experienced diminishing political and economic influence and many are going through crises in the representation of members. During the 1990s a number of union labor federations began to debate t...
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2003
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Table of Contents:
- Unions in crisis, unions in renewal / Peter Fairbrother, Charlotte A.B. Yates
- The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing / Kate Bronfenbrenner
- You just can't do it automatically : the transition to social movement unionism in the United States / Kim Voss, Rachel Sherman
- Trade union innovation, adaptation and renewal in Australia : still searching for the holy membership grail / Gerard Griffin, Rai Small, Stuart Svensen
- A near death experience : one union fights for life / Belinda Probert, Peter Ewer
- From organizational breadth to depth : New Zealand's trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act / Pat Walsh, Aaron Crawford
- A story of crisis and change : the service and food workers union of Aotearoa / Sarah Oxenbridge
- The dilemmas of social partnership and union organization : questions for British trade unions / Peter Fairbrother, Paul Stewart
- Rhetoric and reality : the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing, science and finance / Bob Carter
- Strategic dilemma : the state of union renewal in Canada / Pradeep Kumar, Gregor Murray
- The revival of industrial unions in Canada : the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new economy / Charlotte A.B. Yates
- Social movement unionism : beyond the organizing model / Christopher Schenk
- Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights / Huw Beynon
- 1 Unions in crisis, unions in renewal? / Peter Fairbrother and Charlotte A. B. Yates
- 2. The American labour movement and the resurgence in union organizing / Kate Bronfenbrenner
- 3. You just can't do it automatically: the transition to social movement unionism in the United States / Kim Voss and Rachel Sherman
- 4. Trade union innovation, adaptation and renewal in Australia: still searching for the holy membership grail / Gerard Griffin, Rai Small and Stuart Svensen
- 5. A near death experience: one union fights for life / Belinda Probert and Peter Ewer
- 6. From organizational breadth to depth? New Zealand's trade unions under the Employment Contracts Act / Pat Walsh and Aaron Crawford
- 7. A story of crisis and change: the service and food workers union of Aotearoa / Sarah Oxenbridge
- 8. The dilemmas of social partnership and union organization: questions for British trade unions / Peter Fairbrother and Paul Stewart
- 9. Rhetoric and reality: the adoption of the organizing model in manufacturing, science and finance / Bob Carter
- 10. Strategic dilemma: the state of union renewal in Canada / Pradeep Kumar and Gregor Murray
- 11. The revival of industrial unions in Canada: the extension and adaptation of industrial union practices to the new economy / Charlotte A. B. Yates
- 12. Social movement unionism: beyond the organizing model / Christopher Schenk
- 13. Globalization, trade union organization and workers' rights / Huw Beynon.