Global unions challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns / [electronic resource] :
edited by Kate Bronfenbrenner.
- Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2007.
- xi, 261 p. : ill.
- Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; no. 13 .
- Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; no. 13. .
Papers originally presented at a conference held Feb. 9, 2006 in New York, N.Y.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index.
Beating global capital : a framework and method for union strategic corporate research and campaigns / Tom Juravich -- "Due diligence" at APM-Maersk : from Malaysian industrial dispute to Danish cross-border labor campaign / Peter Wad -- Indian labor legislation and cross-border solidarity in historical context / Ashwini Sukthankar and Kevin Kolben -- Struggle, perseverance, and organization in Sri Lanka's export processing zones / Samanthi Gunawardana -- Organizing in the banana sector / Henry Frundt -- Dockers versus the directives : battling port policy on the European waterfront / Peter Turnbull -- Going national or European? : local trade union politics within transnational business contexts in Europe / Valeria Pulignano -- Labor-community coalitions, global union alliances, and the potential of SEIU's global partnerships / Amanda Tattersall -- International framework agreements : opportunities and challenges for global unionism / Dimitris Stevis and Terry Boswell -- Beyond workers' rights : transnational corporations, human rights abuse, and violent conflict in the global South / Darryn Snell.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780801461545 (electronic bk.)
International labor activities--Congresses. Labor unions--Congresses. International business enterprises--Congresses. Globalization--Congresses.