Changing Prospects for Trade Unionism - Comparisons Between Six Countries

Informationen zum Autor Peter Fairbrother, Gerard Griffin Klappentext First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Trade union movements in many countries face uncertain futures. After three decades of economic restructuring at both national and international levels, the way forward for unions is unclear. This title expores the background, current roles and prospects of trade unions in six countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: Trade Unions Facing the Future, Peter Fairbrother, Gerard Griffin; Chapter 2 Unions in Australia: Struggling to Survive, Gerard Griffin, Stuart Svensen; Chapter 3 Unions in Britain: Towards a New Unionism?, Peter Fairbrother; Chapter 4 Unions in Canada: Strategic Renewal, Strategic Conundrums, Gregor Murray; Chapter 5 Irish Unions: Testing the Limits of Social Part nership, William K. Roche, Jacqueline Ashmore; Chapter 6 Unions in New Zealand: What the Law Giveth…, Raymond Harbridge, Aaron Crawford, Kevin Hince; Chapter 7 American Unionism at the Start of the Twenty-first Century: Going Back to the Future?, Paul Jarley; Chapter 8 Conclusion: The State of the Unions, Gerard Griffin, Peter Fairbrother;

Product details

• Authors: Peter (Rmit University Fairbrother
• Assisted by: Peter Fairbrother (Editor), Fairbrother Peter (Editor), Gerard Griffin (Editor), Griffin Gerard (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2002
• EAN: 9780826456120
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-5612-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions