Trade Unions and the Global Crisis
Title | Trade Unions and the Global Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | International Labour Office |
Publisher | International Labor Office |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9789221249269 |
If the recent global economic crisis has debilitated labour in many parts of the world, many segments of the trade union movement have been fighting back, combining traditional and innovative strategies and articulating alternatives to the dominant political and economic models. Trade unions and the global crisis offers a composite overview of the responses of trade unions and other workers' organizations to neoliberal globalization in general and to the recent financial crisis in particular. The essays here, by trade unionists and academics from around the world, explore the state of labour in Brazil, China, Nepal, South Africa, Turkey, Europe and North America. The authors offer a range of short-term strategies and actions, medium- and long-term policies, and alternative visions that challenge the current development paradigm. This book makes a stimulating contribution to the continuing debate on labour's role as an economic, political and social force in building a more democratic and just society.
Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis
Title | Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis PDF eBook |
Author | Andreas Bieler |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2015-07-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1783482796 |
Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other. The global economic crisis has intensified these pressures further. And yet, economic and political integration processes have also provided workers with new possibilities to organize resistance. Emphasizing the importance of agency, this book analyzes transnational labour action in times of crisis, historically and now. It draws on a variety of fascinating cases, across formal and informal collectives, in order to clarify which factors facilitate or block the formation of solidarity. Moving beyond empirical description of cases to an informed understanding of collective action across borders, the volume provides an insightful theorization of transnational action.
The Movement for World Trade Union Unity
Title | The Movement for World Trade Union Unity PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Bell |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 60 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Communism |
ISBN |
The State of Labour
Title | The State of Labour PDF eBook |
Author | Sharit K. Bhowmik |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 271 |
Release | 2014-08-07 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1317560027 |
This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization — acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008–09 — on the labour force, especially in the developing countries. Drawing upon case studies from several countries including India, Columbia, Malawi, Brazil and Thailand, it highlights the worsening plight of working class as a whole and informal labour in particular. The essays examine issues such as down-sizing, lowering of wages, insecurity and erosion of labour rights, and show how labour is grappling with the situation. The volume critically re-assesses varied aspects of the growing informal sector: its dubious credential as an employment provider during crises; its non-adherence to internationally recognized standards of decent work; the problems and potential of workers' unions; and the need for a regulatory regime. It also discusses changes in the Indian labour market induced by business environment and technology as well as its future dynamics. Presenting a historical review of labour markets, the work explores the deregulation wave under the globalization of 1980s and the interactions between existing unstable asset markets and labour markets. The book will prove especially useful to students and scholars in economics, labour studies and sociology, and those engaged in public policy and governance.
The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change
Title | The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change PDF eBook |
Author | P. Utting |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 499 |
Release | 2012-03-02 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1137002506 |
Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.
Globalization and Third World Trade Unions
Title | Globalization and Third World Trade Unions PDF eBook |
Author | Henk Thomas |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
This study is the outcome of a series of investigations into the deep crisis in which the organized labour movement in the South finds itself as a result of changes in the global economy. The regional overviews and illustrative case studies from Asia, Latin America and Africa show how trade unions currently face a variety of difficult challenges. These include new management methods, the growing influence of the informal sector and casualization of labour, and the ever-growing participation of women workers who are not currently represented adaquately by trade unions. The volume concludes with an exploration of possible strategies for the future.
Exiting from the crisis: towards a model of more equitable and sustainable growth
Title | Exiting from the crisis: towards a model of more equitable and sustainable growth PDF eBook |
Author | David Coats |
Publisher | ETUI |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Economic development |
ISBN | 287452218X |
The global economy is still struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis and global recession since the Second World War. In this context, TUAC, ETUI, GURN and ITUC created a Task Force to define the parameters of a new growth model. This publication which is the initial result of its work, takes up the challenge of developing progressive alternatives to the failed neo-liberal model that has dominated economic policy for over three decades. It consists of contributions by more than 30 authors, all with links to the global labour movement, and a preface by Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz. The different chapters analyse the causes and implications of the crisis and propose alternative ways toward more equitable and sustainable models of growth. A comprehensive approach is taken and the topics addressed include: the need for a new approach to macroeconomic policy to promote strong and stable growth and high employment; developing alternative welfare measures to GDP; how to re-regulate financial markets so that they serve the real economy; a development model for the global South; a new approach to labour markets that ensures that they deliver decent jobs and promote greater equality; the need for a comprehensive set of policies to make economic activity ecologically sustainable.