Global Anti-Unionism: Nature, Dynamics, Trajectories and Outcomes

Author:   G. Gall ,  Tony Dundon
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
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9781349338078


Pages:   245
Publication Date:   08 August 2013
Format:   Paperback
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One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. This volume examines the nature of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage.

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Author:   G. Gall ,  Tony Dundon
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.339kg
ISBN:  

9781349338078


ISBN 10:   1349338079
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   08 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Anti-unionism: Contextual and Thematic Issues; Tony Dundon and Gregor Gall  PART I: HISTORICAL APPROACHES 2. Employer Opposition in the US: Anti-union Campaigning from the 1950s; John Logan 3. From Organised to Disorganised Capital? British Employer Associations, 1897-2010; Alan McKinlay 4. Economists Turn Against Unions: Historical Institutionalism to Neo-classical Individualism; Gerald Friedman PART II: CONTEMPORARY STUDIES 5. Anti-Unionism in a Coordinated Market Economy: the Case of Germany; Martin Behrens and Heiner Dribbusch 6. Employers Against Unions: the British Experience of Union Victimization; Gregor Gall 7. Beyond Union Avoidance? Exploring the Dynamics of Double-breasting Voice Regimes in Ireland; Niall Cullinane, Tony Dundon, Eugene Hickland, Tony Dobbins and Jimmy Donaghey 8. Beating the Union: Union Avoidance in the US; Kim Moody 9.The State Against Unions: Australia's Neo-liberalism, 1996-2007; Rae Cooper and Bradon Ellem 10. Colombia: the Most Dangerous Place to be a Union Member; Daniel Blackburn and Miguel Puerto 11. Waves of Anti-unionism in South Korea; Chris Rowley and Kiu Sik Bae 12. Employer Anti-unionism in Democratic Indonesia; Michele Ford

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Kiu Sik Bae, Korea Labour Institute in Seoul, South Korea Martin Behrens, Hans Böckler Foundation (WSI), Germany Daniel Blackburn, ICTUR Rae Cooper, University of Sydney Business School, Australia Niall Cullinane, Queen's University Management School, Northern Ireland Tony Dobbins, Bangor University, Wales Jimmy Donaghey, University of Warwick, UK Heiner Dribbusch, Hans Böckler Foundation (WSI), Germany Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney, Australia Michele Ford, University of Sydney, Australia Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts, USA Eugene Hickland, National University of Ireland, Ireland John Logan, San Francisco State University, USA Alan McKinlay, Newcastle University, UK Kim Moody, University of Hertfordshire, UK Miguel Puerto , lawyer Chris Rowley, City University, UK

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