Labor Studies Journal articles from March 2001

Labor Studies Journal archives from March 2001

Unions in the Global Economy.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... Introduction There are two main points expressed in this set of articles. First, globalization is complex and challenging, requiring a conversation among the many workers who have had direct experience with its effects--such as its impact...

NAFTA'S LESSONS: FROM ECONOMIC MYTHOLOGY TO CURRENT REALITIES(1).(North American Free Trade Agreement)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... Introduction The selling of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States and Mexico constituted one of the largest and most sustained bipartisan efforts on the part of the U.S. government, the largest U.S....

LABOR AND ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION IN EASTERN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA(1).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... It is often asserted that labor unions grow as a country's industrial production expands (Kerr et al., 1960). In this view, industrial growth leads to the concentration of production, which in turn produces strong labor unions. This is because...

GLOBALIZATION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN WORKER.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... Introduction This paper examines the impact of the process of globalization on workers and their families in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Globalization is based on the ideology of neoliberalism, which is promoted by the most...

BUILDING UNION POWER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: A CASE STUDY OF THE COORDINATED BARGAINING COMMITTEE OF GENERAL ELECTRIC UNIONS (CBC).
March 22, 2001... "Ideally, you would have every plant you own on a barge."-- Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric Company "The globalization of General Electric may be the greatest legacy of Jack Welch's nineteen years as CEO." -- Fortune Magazine,...

LOCAL UNION RELATIONS WITH IMMIGRANTS: THE CASE OF SOUTH FLORIDA.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... U.S. unions are paying increasing attention to "globalization." From the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) struggle, through the successful effort to block "fast track" authority to extend that agreement to all of the Americas,...

THE SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY CONTRACT: PRIVATE MONITORING FROM LOS ANGELES TO THE GLOBAL APPAREL INDUSTRY.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... This article examines the burgeoning practice of "social accounting" and analyzes its effect on labor relations in the apparel industry. In the past five years transnational apparel corporations have begun to accept some measure of...