Unions and Globalisation: Governments, Management, and the State at Work

by John O'Brien, Michael O'Donnell, Peter Fairbrother, et al.

Book Overview

In recent decades, trade unions have suffered major reversals and experienced declining memberships. Transnational corporations and state-owned multi-nationals have increasingly implemented deteriorating terms and conditions of employment, with vulnerable and insecure job contracts.

In this context, there has been a wide-ranging debate about the form of trade unionism, the bases for collective organization and struggle and the future of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415416647
• ISBN13: 9780415416641
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"