January 1, 2007 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher Once employers were mostly local; so were unions. When local companies became national corporations, unions too had to go national. Now capital has gone global. Unions have made intermittent efforts at international cooperation, but the obstacles are considerable. To overcome them, bridge… Read More »
BEHIND THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA: U.S. CORPORTIONS OPPOSING NEW RIGHTS FOR CHINESE WORKERS OPPOSITION MAY HARM US AND OTHER COUNTRIES
Behind the Great Wall of China, GLOBAL LABOR STRATEGIES
GLOBAL LABOR AND TOBACCO CONTROL
September 12, 2006 Tobacco has raised complex and difficult issues for unions around the world. On the one hand, many unions have been wary of workplace rules that would infringe on the rights of their members who smoke. They have opposed anti-smoking policies unilaterally imposed by employers. And they have been concerned about the… Read More »
FROM CAMPAIGNS TO MOVEMENT
May 29, 2006 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher While the obstacles to global labor cooperations must be taken seriously – but they are not insurmountable. In this blog we give a few examples of promising strategies for effective international union cooperation, and some suggestions for next steps.. Horizontal cooperation Traditionally,… Read More »
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