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Informationen zum Autor Peter Fairbrother, Charlotte A. B. Yates, Klappentext Presenting a survey of continuity and change in trade unions of the USA! Canada! Australia! New Zealand and the UK! this contemporary text provides a firm basis for informed discussion about the place of trade unions in modern economies. Zusammenfassung Presenting an extensive survey of continuity and change in trade unions of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, this contemporary text provides a firm basis for informed discussion about the place of trade unions in modern economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Unions in Crisis, Unions in Renewal?, Peter Fairbrother, Charlotte A. B. Yates; Chapter 2 The American Labour Movement and the Resurgence in Union Organizing, Kate Bronfenbrenner; Chapter 3 You Just Can’t Do It Automatically: The Transition to Social Movement Unionism in the United States, Kim Voss, Rachel Sherman; Chapter 4 Trade Union Innovation, Adaptation and Renewal in Australia: Still Searching for the Holy Membership Grail, Gerard Griffin, Rai Small, Stuart Svensen; Chapter 5 A Near Death Experience: One Union Fights for Life, Belinda Probert, Peter Ewer; Chapter 6 From Organizational Breadth to Depth? New Zealand’s Trade Unions under the Employment Contracts Act, Pat Walsh, Aaron Crawford; Chapter 7 A Story of Crisis and Change: The Service and Food Workers Union of Aotearoa, Sarah Oxenbridge; Chapter 8 The Dilemmas of Social Partnership and Union Organization: Questions for British Trade Unions, Peter Fairbrother, Paul Stewart; Chapter 9 Rhetoric and Reality: The Adoption of the Organizing Model in Manufacturing, Science and Finance, Bob Carter; Chapter 10 Strategic Dilemma: The State of Union Renewal in Canada, Pradeep Kumar, Gregor Murray; Chapter 11 The Revival of Industrial Unions in Canada: The Extension and Adaptation of Industrial Union Practices to the New Economy, Charlotte A. B. Yates; Chapter 12 Social Movement Unionism: Beyond the Organizing Model, Christopher Schenk; Chapter 13 Globalization, Trade Union Organization and Workers’ Rights, Huw Beynon;...
