World's Strongest Trade Unions: The Scandinavian Labor Movement

by Walter Galenson

Despite the general decline of trade unions throughout the Western world, unions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have prospered. Why? Galenson cites their ability to organize white collar workers, the special attention they give to recruitment of women, and their ability to undergo structural change under employer pressure. He analyzes these factors in the belief that if unions in other parts of the world understand why and how unionism is succeeding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567201830
• ISBN13: 9781567201833
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"