While 'union organising' has developed over time and in many different environments, it has become apparent that a number of key problems have developed. Evaluating its efficacy in terms of union strategies, tactics, styles and resources, this title outlines a number of strategies for improving these deficiences. INDICE: 'Union Organising' b Past, Present and Future; G.Gall - Union Organising in the US: New Tactics, Old Barriers; K.Moody - Opening Pandora's Box: The Paradox of Institutionalised Organising; S.Cohen - Social Partnership and Union Revitalisation: The Irish Case; K.Allen - Union Organising in the Netherlands: A Combination of Organising and Servicing Strategies; M.van Klaveren ; W.Sprenger - Reinvention of Activism: A Chance for Union Renewal in New MarketEconomies? The Case of Poland; A.Mrozowicki , V.Pulignano ; G.van Hootegem - The 'Servicing Organising Community Continuum': Where are Australian Unions Today?; M.Jerrard , S.Cockfield ; D.Buttigieg - Labour Union Strategies in the European Union Steel Sector; D.Stroud ; P.Fairbrother - CleanStart: Fighting for a Fair Deal for Cleaners; M.Crosby - Organising Immigrants: State Policy andUnion Organising Tactics in the Republic of Ireland; M.Gonzalez-Perez , T.Dundon ; T.McDonough - Union Organising with 'Old' and 'New' Industrial RelationsActors: Sex Workers in Australia and the United States; G.Gall - Reconstructing Construction Unionism: Beyond Top-down and Bottom-up; D.Belman ; A.Smith - Contrasts and Contradictions in Union Organising: The Irish Mushroom Industry;F.Arqueros-Fernández - Union Renewal and Young People: Some Positive Indications from British Supermarkets; I.Byford
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22242-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés