Transnational Trade Unionism

Abstract

Introduction 1. Understanding Transnational Trade Unionism Peter Fairbrother, Marc-Antonin Hennebert, and Christian Levesque Part 1: Workplace Trade Unions: Bridging the Local and the Global 2. Workers' Power: Fighting Sweatshop Practices at Russell Athletic in Honduras Mark Anner 3. Building North-South Transnational Trade Union Alliances: Prospects and Challenges Melanie Dufour-Poirier and Christian Levesque 4. Trade Union Strategies in Cross-Border Actions: Articulating Institutional Specificity with Local Power Dynamics Christian Levesque, Gregor Murray, Chrsitian Dufour and Adelheid Hege 5. The Fragilities of East-West Union Cooperation: A Strike at Renault-Dacia Michele Descolonges Part 2: National Trade Unions: Shaping New Forms of Solidarity 6. Building Transnational Unionism: Australian Transport Maritime Unions in the World Peter Fairbrother 7. Creating Spaces for Labor Internationalism: National Industrial Unions in the Southern Hemisphere and their Strategies Armel Brice Adanhounme and Christian Levesque 8. Local Actors and Transnational Structures: Explaining Trends in Multinational Company-Level Negotiations in Europe Valeria Pulignano, Volker Telljohaan, Isabel Da Costa and Udo Rehfeldt 9. European Trade Unions and the Long March through the Institutions: From Integration to Contention? Richard Hyman Part 3: International Trade Unionism: Crafting Institutions for the 21st Century 10. The International Labor Movement: Structures and Dynamics Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick 11. Transnational Solidarity around Global Production Networks? Reflections on the Strategy of International Framework Agreements Michael Fichter, Markus Helfen and Katharina Schiederig 12. Opening the Black Box of Cross-Border Union Alliances: A Case Study Marc-Antonin Hennebert and Reynald Bourque 13. Labor Standards in Segmented Markets: The Construction Industry in Delhi and Moscow Nikolaus Hammer Conclusion 14. Futures of Transnational Unionism Peter Fairbrother, Marc-Antonin Hennebert and Christian Levesque