Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries, and Social RolesHow can American unions survive in our increasingly globalized business environment? With the trend toward multinational corporations, free trade pacts, and dismantling import barriers, organized labor has been steadily losing ground in the United States. This book argues that to reverse this trend, U.S. unions must create ties with workers and unions in other countries, and include the ever-increasing number of immigrant workers in their ranks. And it calls for a shift toward "social movement unionism, " which would change unions' orientation from exclusively market-focused and more toward social issues and rights. |
Contents
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Free Trade and Worker Solidarity in the North American Auto Industry | 17 |
Four Models of CrossBorder Maquila Organizing | 45 |
Union Global Alliances at Multinational Corporations A Case Study of the Ameritech Alliance | 76 |
New Workers New Labor and the New Los Angeles | 103 |
Unions and Immigrants in South Florida | 130 |
The Strategic Challenge of Organizing Manufacturing Workers in GlobalFlexible Capitalism | 163 |
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