Globalisation and Third World Trade Unions: The Challenge of Rapid Economic Change

Book Overview

This study is the outcome of a series of investigations into the deep crisis in which the organized labour movement in the South finds itself as a result of changes in the global economy. The regional overviews and illustrative case studies from Asia, Latin America and Africa show how trade unions currently face a variety of difficult challenges. These include new management methods, the growing influence of the informal sector and casualization of labour, and the ever-growing participation of women workers who are not currently represented adaquately by trade unions. The volume concludes with an exploration of possible strategies for the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856493466
• ISBN13: 9781856493468
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"