Trade unions books

In the 20th century, unions played a role in shaping political regimes, particularly in Latin America and Europe....  Read More >>

Geared toward general readers and scholars alike, this book presents the history of the United Auto Workers - one...  Read More >>

In the summer of 2000, Iarmrod Eireann, the Irish national train service, locked out 118 of its drivers, over 40%...  Read More >>

In practice, that means organizing not just on the shop floor, but also around a broad range of issues, many of...  Read More >>

This work traces the political history of a Pan-Africanist inspired non-aligned trade union federation, the All-African...  Read More >>

This text makes use of union material and party and government archives, as well as oral testimony, much of it highly...  Read More >>

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This innovative book is concerned with the power relations, complexities, and contradictions in the paid workplace....  Read More >>

"Bucket of Blood" is what a coal town was called when deaths occurred to establish a worker's union. During...  Read More >>

"Bucket of Blood" is what a coal town was called when deaths occurred to establish a worker's union. During...  Read More >>

Garment workers, caught in the snare of a sweating system of labor in which wages and work loads were inversely...  Read More >>

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Offers a portrait of the Citizens Alliance (CA), a union of Minneapolis business owners, which employed any means...  Read More >>

In a series of lively exchanges, Murray explores the changing face of the Trade Union movement, its views on New...  Read More >>

Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted...  Read More >>

Going Public examines the forces affecting labor and management and the prospects for adopting service-oriented...  Read More >>

The author outlines the political and economic history of Korea in the 1960s and '70s - which placed the textile...  Read More >>

An indefatigable speaker, writer and organizer, Cesar Chavez developed a well-thought-out approach to his rhetorical...  Read More >>

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Discusses the responses of the Brazilian labour movement to economic and political reforms  Read More >>

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In this text, Jamie Gough uses the results of a detailed case study of factories in London at the beginning of ""neo-liberal...  Read More >>

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An investigation of the dramatic decline in the proportion of workers represented by a labour union in the USA between...  Read More >>