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"The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses on how the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is reforming under current conditions and demonstrates that labour unrest is the principal driving force behind trade union reform in China. Presenting case studies where reform has been largely inspired by the pressure...

"Since publication of the fourth edition of Labor Relations in the Public Sector, public sector unions have encountered strong headwinds in many parts of the U.S. Membership is falling in some jurisdictions, public opinion has shifted against the unions, and political forces are leaning against them. Retaining the structure that made the previous editions so popular, this fifth edition incorporates a complete round of updates, particularly sections...

Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, traces the evolution of labour unions in the period 1800-2000. Describes their role in politics, as bargaining agents, and ways of union revival.

"Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitmacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization." "Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the...

The author "argues that welfare capitalism did not expire during the Depression, as traditionally thought. Rather, it adapted to the challenges of the 1930s and became a powerful, though overlooked, factor in the history of the welfare state, the labor movement, and the corporation."--Jacket.

Biographical account of trade union influence on government policy and foreign policy in the USA through the leadership of labour lobbyist and politician george meany - refers also to the role of the afl-cio and the role of USA in, and international relations with the ILO. References. Biography meany w.g.

"The basic purpose of this book is to provide a uniquely broad assessment of the institutional health of the twenty-eight major national unions in the United States"--Page 10.

"Coming at a time of profound change in the global conditions under which American organized labor exists, The Future of the American Labor Movement describes and analyzes labor's strategic alternatives. The analysis is broadly cast, taking into account ideas that range from the current European Social Dialogue to the methods of the nineteenth-century American Knights of Labor. There are a number of intriguing strategies, including worker ownership...

Biographical study of trade unionist harry bridges and his leadership of the West coast international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union (docker) in the USA from 1934 to 1972 - discusses his role in labour relations matters, examines his prosecution and attempted deportation as an alleged communist, strike and unofficial strike activities, labour court trials, the organization of dockers and rural workers in Hawaii, etc., and describes the mechanization...

Study of the working conditions of rural workers in the USA, with particular reference to the historical aspects of the exploitation of migrant workers in california - covers land ownership, the management of farms, land settlement, trade unionism, political problems, strikes, the employment of Mexicans and other minority groups, social implications, social change, etc. Bibliography pp. 327 to 334.