The Labour Movement in the Global South: Trade Unions in Sri Lanka

by Sumithra Janaka Biyanwila

Book Overview

Based on extensive original research, this book examines the challenges confronting trade unions in the global South, by focusing on trade union struggles in Sri Lanka under neo-liberal globalisation. It centres on movement politics of unions; explains union capacities to mobilise workers as a part of broad counter movement; and specifies worker struggles in Sri Lanka.

The author identifies key dimensions of variation in the approaches taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138888362
• ISBN13: 9781138888364
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"