Labour and the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?
Pluto Press, 2008
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2757-0 | Paper: 978-0-7453-2756-3
Library of Congress Classification HD6476.L13 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.88
Cloth: 978-0-7453-2757-0 | Paper: 978-0-7453-2756-3
Library of Congress Classification HD6476.L13 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.88
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book examines the main challenges facing the world labor force and possible responses from trade unions.
The working classes across the world are feeling the effects of globalization and the race to the bottom that it encourages. Core jobs for workers in the developed world are being outsourced to countries where pay and conditions are terrible and union membership is often forbidden. Much of the work of the world economy is now taking place in a burgeoning informal sector, making worldwide organization of labor very difficult.
Case studies from 11 different countries, including China, Germany, Canada and South Africa, illustrate what is happening and show how workers and trade unions can successfully adapt to the neoliberal world.
The working classes across the world are feeling the effects of globalization and the race to the bottom that it encourages. Core jobs for workers in the developed world are being outsourced to countries where pay and conditions are terrible and union membership is often forbidden. Much of the work of the world economy is now taking place in a burgeoning informal sector, making worldwide organization of labor very difficult.
Case studies from 11 different countries, including China, Germany, Canada and South Africa, illustrate what is happening and show how workers and trade unions can successfully adapt to the neoliberal world.
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