Chaison The Unions’ Response to Globalization

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4939-0488-4
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 51, 57 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Economics

Globalization is commonly described in trade and cultural terms but its impact on unions and collective bargaining is seldom assessed. The few studies of unions and globalization are mostly collections of cases studies of how unions can work together or with other alliance partners to defend against the power of multinational corporations. This book goes beyond the current research by asking how unions have tried to deal with globalization and how globalization might threaten the fundamental union mission of taking wages, hours and conditions of employment out of competition. The introductory chapter defines globalization and uses the case of the Detroit Three automakers (GM, Chrysler and Ford) to show how globalization can affect employment and union size, influence and relevancy. The second chapter shows how unions deal globalization through collective bargaining regarding outsourcing, alliances, strikes and political action, including lobbying and international work standards. The final chapter argues that the unions cannot continue unchanged in this age of globalization and asks what they must do to be effective and relevant.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chaison, Gary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The Impact of
Globalization.- Chapter 2. How the Unions Deal with Globalization.- Chapter 3. The
Future of Unions in the Age of Globalization