Trade unions books

With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this new book incorporates major studies from four countries,...  Read More >>

Tracing the course of trade-union development, this book ranges from the early craft societies to the structure...  Read More >>

Cook exposes the hidden facts of his client's heroic crusade againist incompetence, autocracy, greed, and corruption....  Read More >>

Presents an analysis of the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004. The Regulations represent...  Read More >>

Banana workers are waging a quiet revolution by making women's issues central. Their successes disrupt the popular...  Read More >>

This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool, uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism,...  Read More >>

In his heyday, Carlo Tresca ranked among the most important radicals and labour activists in the United States,...  Read More >>

The struggles and victories of the UAW form an important episode in the story of American democracy and economics....  Read More >>

Drawing on interviews with many principals, as well as extensive mining of company and legal archives, the author's...  Read More >>

Cesar Chavez, the labor organizer and founder of the United Farm Workers of America, was, perhaps, an unlikely hero....  Read More >>

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Conceptually and theoretically, Union Recognition offers contributions which develop our understanding of the relationship...  Read More >>

Documents the crisis facing the union movement and focuses on the central role of organising workplaces and industries...  Read More >>

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Focusing on Evansville, as a case study, this book challenges traditional assumptions on labor as one political...  Read More >>

Describes why and how applied research carried out in a national public health program sometimes influenced program...  Read More >>

The definitive biography of David Dubinsky, one of the most controversial and influential labour leaders in 20th-century...  Read More >>

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Gerald Horne draws on the life of Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National...  Read More >>

Tells the story of immigrants labour struggles, examining how unions can learn from their example, and explaining...  Read More >>

Tells the story of immigrants labour struggles, examining how unions can learn from their example, and explaining...  Read More >>

The essays collected in this volume elucidate some of the underlying tensions between trade unions and NGOs and...  Read More >>