The Australian Labor government's recognition of collective bargaining under its Fair Work Act 2009, and its efficiency drive from late 2011 across the Australian Public Service (APS), presented the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) with an opportunity to explore means of union renewal...

Trade unions face a range of challenges in a global world. As trade, production and consumption relations change, unions have begun to consider how they organize and operate. The argument is that for trade unions to effectively challenge key aspects of these global relations, they must take...

International trade unionism faces a major challenge. Historically, Global Union Federations have been small and relatively remote international union secretariats with limited capacity to mobilize and speak on behalf of local members. However, with the changing architecture of international...

Wildfire: a social and political perspective / Peter Fairbrother and Meagan Tyler -- Concepts of community / Peter Fairbrother, Bernard Mees, Richard Phillips and Meagan Tyler -- Cohesion and complexity: the state, community and communities / Peter Fairbrother, Bernard Mees, Richard Phillips and...

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.