This work examines the responses of unions and workers to regional integration and restructuring in the automobile industry in North and Central America. The focus is on the automobile industry in Mexico, which, because of its size and importance, is viewed as a strategic sector of the Mexican...

This comprehensive survey of continuity and change in trade unions looks at five primarily English-speaking countries: the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The authors consider the recent re-examination by trade union movements of the basis of union organization and activity in...

Intro -- CHANGING PROSPECTS FOR TRADE UNIONISM Comparisons between six Countries -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Trade Unions Facing the Future -- 2 Unions in Australia: Struggling to Survive -- 3 Unions in Britain: Towards a New...

1. Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour : insecurity in the new world of work / Kendra Strauss and Judy Fudge -- 2. Selling flexibility : temporary staffing in a volatile economy / Nik Theodore and Jamie Peck -- 3. Power politics and precariousness : the regulation of temporary agency work...

1. Communist-era workplace realities and the systemic transformation -- 2. Industrial relations and trade unionism -- 3. Human resource management in Polish organizations -- 4. Corporate social responsibility and work-life balance in Poland -- 5. Employment and management of older employees.

pt. 1. Workplace trade unions : bridging the local to the global -- pt. 2. National trade unions : shaping new forms of solidarity -- pt. 3. International trade unionism : crafting institutions for the 21st century -- pt. 4. Conclusion.