Global unions
Subtitle: challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns
By: edited by Kate Bronfenbrenner
Contributors: Bronfenbrenner, Kate, 1954-
Series: Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series -- no. 13
Publisher: ILR Press/Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780801446160; 9780801473913
Subjects: International labor activities -- Congresses; Labor unions -- Congresses; International business enterprises -- Congresses; Globalization -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Papers originally presented at a conference held Feb. 9, 2006 in New York, N.Y

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index
Table of contents: title: Beating global capital : a framework and method for union strategic corporate research and campaigns / Tom Juravich; title: "Due diligence" at APM-Maersk : from Malaysian industrial dispute to Danish cross-border labor campaign / Peter Wad; title: Indian labor legislation and cross-border solidarity in historical context / Ashwini Sukthankar and Kevin Kolben; title: Struggle, perseverance, and organization in Sri Lanka's export processing zones / Samanthi Gunawardana; title: Organizing in the banana sector / Henry Frundt; title: Dockers versus the directives : battling port policy on the European waterfront / Peter Turnbull; title: Going national or European? : local trade union politics within transnational business contexts in Europe / Valeria Pulignano; title: Labor-community coalitions, global union alliances, and the potential of SEIU's global partnerships / Amanda Tattersall; title: International framework agreements : opportunities and challenges for global unionism / Dimitris Stevis and Terry Boswell; title: Beyond workers' rights : transnational corporations, human rights abuse, and violent conflict in the global South / Darryn Snell