Global restructuring, labour, and the challenges for transnational solidarity

edited by Andreas Bieler and Ingemar Lindberg

This volume examines the possibilities and obstacles to transnational solidarity in a period of global restructuring. It brings together a range of international and transnational case studies, examining successful and failed transnational solidarity covering inter-trade union co-operation as well as co-operation between trade unions and social movements within the formal and informal economy, and the public and private sector

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Year of publication:	2010
Other Persons:	Bieler, Andreas (contributor) ; Lindberg, Ingemar (contributor)
Publisher:	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] : Routledge
Subject:	Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Welt \| World \| Solidarität \| Solidarity \| Gewerkschaftsbewegung \| Trade union movement \| Arbeiterbewegung \| Labour movement
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (256 p) 24 cm
Series:	Rethinking globalizations ; 25 Rethinking Globalizations Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-252) and index Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and conceptual considerations; 1 Globalisation and the new challenges for transnational solidarity: An introduction; 2 Trade unions, global competition and options for solidarity; Part II: Trade union solidarity across borders?; 3 East-West European labour transnationalism(s): Rivalry or joint mobilisation?; 4 Detours of solidarity: Experiences from Ericsson in Colombia 5 Building rank and file activism: A study of the Global Action Day Campaign in the history of the International Transport Workers' FederationPart III: Transnational solidarity involving trade unions and social movements; 6 Informal work and transnational organising; 7 What does transnational labour organising and solidarity mean for Sri Lankan free trade zone women workers?; 8 Victory through solidarity?: The story of a women workers' strike in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone; 9 Cross-border wage struggles in the global garment industry: The campaign for an Asia floor wage Part IV: Transnational solidarity in defence of the public sector10 Challenging privatisation and access to health care services: The role of trade unions; 11 Thinking through transnational solidarity: The case of SINTRAEMCALI in Colombia; Part V: Trade union: social movement cooperation in the developed world; 12 How new social alliances changed politics in Norway; 13 Trade union and social movement cooperation in the defence of the European public sector; Part VI: What strategies towards transnational solidarity?; 14 Making connections: Transnational solidarity through the Internet 15 Varieties of solidarity: An analysis of cases of worker action across borders16 Conclusions: A variable landscape of emerging transnational solidarities; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	1-282-89854-X ; 0-415-58083-8 ; 978-1-282-89854-7 ; 978-1-136-90580-3 ; 978-0-415-58083-0 ; 0-203-84245-6 ; 978-0-203-84245-4 ; 1-282-89844-2
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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