Global Unions. Global Business: Global Union Federations and International Business

by Richard Croucher, Elizabeth Cotton (ps

Overview

Global Unions, Global Business looks at a little-understood aspect of globalization: the role of the Global Union Federations in international employment relations. The book outlines the way that trade unions at international level relate to multinational companies using detailed and up-to-date illustrations of their activities. Importantly, the book includes an in-depth case study of one of the GUF's dealings with a major multinational company. Throughout the book the authors also explore the previously unknown internal lives of the Global Union Federations and propose ideas about how they can strengthen their position internationally. Global Unions, Global Business is a unique contribution to existing literature on globalization and international employment relations, throwing new light both on the international trade union movement and its relations with multinational companies. The book will be of interest to all those interested in the future of trade unionism, multinational companies and the future of international industrial relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904750628
Publisher:	Libri Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Management, Policy + Education
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Richard Croucher is the associate dean of research at Middlesex University Business School in London. He has worked for many years with Global Union Federations. Elizabeth Cotton is a lecturer in the human resources department at the Middlesex University.