1/2000: Transnational trade unionism : facing the challenges of regionalisation and globalisation

issn
1024-2589
publisher
ETUI-REHS
pages

Description

This Spring issue describes the many different facets of transnational trade union cooperation which are evidence of the high degree of interaction between trade unions in Europe.

Though the europeanisation of trade union activity will not be enough, it might - it is argued - become an important building block between the national and global levels of trade union co-operation and political governance of the world economy. For if trade unions can stabilise their role as guarantors of social standards in Europe, then this is a good starting point for the world-wide partnerships which are so essential for all concerned if global capitalism is to be provided with a social dimension.

Coordinators

Jon Erik Dølvik

Otto Jacobi

Table of contents

Non-subscribers can download the editorial and one of the main articles for free.

Editorial

Main articles

  • Otto Jacobi: Transnational trade union cooperation at global and European level - opportunities and obstacles
  • Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick: Globalisation and the dilemmas of international trade unionism
  • Mona-Josée Gagnon: Trade union cooperation in the NAFTA area
  • Jon Erik Dølvik: ETUC and the European Industry Federations
  • Ari Skulason and Markku Jääskelainen: Regional cooperation within the Nordic Council of Trade Unions and across the Baltic Sea

Sectoral trade union cooperation

  • Thorsten Schulten:The European Metalworkers' Federation on the way to a europeanisation of trade unions and industrial relations
  • Nikolaj Lubanski: Moving closer together - trade union cooperation in the construction sector
  • Torben Andersen: Banking and insurance sectors/Euro-FIET
  • Berndt Keller and Matthias Bansbach: The transport sector as an example of sectoral social dialogue in the EU - recent developments and prospects

Cooperation via joint projects

  • Albert Faust: Delhaize le Lion and the American trade unions
  • Katie Quan: A global labour contract: the case of the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Flight Attendants (AFL-CIO) and United Airlines
  • Ingo Marowsky: The Star Solidarity Alliance
  • Reinhard Reibsch: Partnership agreement between the GMB and IG BCE
  • Statement on trade union city partnership (Barcelona,
    Frankfurt, Lyons and Milan)
  • Wolfgang Hermann: Social Dialogue in the System of European Central Banks
  • Andreas Braun:Central Eastern Europe and the ÖTV
  • Harald Kielmann: SANITAS and the ÖTV

News and background

  • NETLEX - Transnational trade union cooperation on EU social legislation
    (Stefan Clauwaert)

Book reviews

  • Carlos Prieto (ed.)
    La crisis del empleo en Europa
    (Holm-Detlev Köhler)
  • Gregor Murray and Pierre Verge
    La représentation syndicale: visage juridique actuel et futur
    (Emmanuel Mermet)
  • María Silvia Portella de Castro and Achim Wachendorfer (eds.) Sindicalismo y globalización: la dolorosa inserción en un mundo incierto
    (Amparo Serrano Pascual)

Reports

  • 'The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) action programme for the period 2000 to 2003'
    (Klaus Zülke-Robinet)
  • The Hans Böckler Award and European discussion, 22-23 October 1999, Berlin
    (Renate Hebauf)
  • 'Forty years of sociology of labour', Sociologie du Travail,Paris, 25 and 26 November 1999
    (Emmanuel Mermet)
  • Balkans Stability Pact: Report of a Conference of the ETUC Forum held in Brussels, 3 and 4 December 1999
Last modified: 7 Oct 2005
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