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Union busting | Conservatism | Labor movement | Labor unions and communism | Labor unions | History | Capitalism

This book aims to fill some of the gaps in historical narrative about labor unions, Nigerian leftists, and decolonization during the twentieth century. It... 
History | Labor unions | Gewerkschaft | Arbeitsbeziehung | Nigeria | Arbeiterbewegung | Bildung | Postkolonialismus | Labor & Industrial Relations | Modern/20th Century | African history | General & world history | History & Theory | Imperial and Postcolonial History | 20th Century History | Political History | Political economy | Labor unions and education | Decolonization

As Trade Union membership has declined, union mergers have been prominent features in strategies of revitalization. Yet, there is very little systematic and... 
History | Mergers | Labor unions | Industry & industrial studies | human resource management | Great Britain | 20th century | Union leaders | Union membership | Union revitalization | Union transformation | Unions' political objectives | Union government | Performance | British trade unions | Union democracy | Merged unions | Union strategies

"In Our Unions, Our Selves, Anne Zacharias-Walsh provides an in-depth look at the rise of women-only unions in Japan, an organizational analysis of the... 
Feminism | Women in the labor movement | Sex role in the work environment | Sex discrimination in employment | Women labor union members | Sociology | Japan | History | Political Science

Case studies | Community organization | Political activity | Chicago | Labor unions | Illinois | Australia | Sydney (N.S.W.) | Ontario | Toronto | Social change

"Poor Workers Unions is a classic account of low-wage workers’ organizing since the 1960s, an essential primer to the "other labor movement" that presents the... 
Labor unions | Organizing

The post-war period witnessed dramatic changes in the lives of working-class families. Wages rose, working hours were reduced, pension plans and state social... 
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. Canadian Region History | Labor union locals | Labor unions | Automobile industry workers | CAW-Canada. Local 27 History | History | Social aspects | Canada | Labor union locals - Social aspects - Ontario - London | Labor unions - Ontario - London - History | CAW-Canada. - Local 27 - History | International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. - Canadian Region - History | Labor union locals - Ontario - London - History | History of the Americas | Business and Economics | Ontario | Automobile industry workers - Labor unions - Canada - History - 20th century | International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America | 20th century | CAW-Canada | London | Canadian Region | Local 27 | Syndicats - Sections locales - Aspect social - Ontario - London | solidarity | working class | labour | labor

The Bolsheviks took power in Russia 1917 armed with an ideology centered on the power of the worker. From the beginning, however, Soviet leaders also realized... 
Tourism | Culture and tourism | Vacations | Social life and customs | Socialism and culture | Social aspects | History | Soviet Union

"This book investigates the labour history of a people who have not been involved in the twentieth-century labour movement in large numbers: North American... 
Attitudes | Oral history | History | Religious aspects | Labor unions | Mennonites

Examining the experiences of leadership among trade unionists in a range of unions and labor movements around the world, this volume addresses perspectives of... 
Public Management | Employment Relations | NonProfit Management | Women employees - Labor unions | Women employees | Diversity in the workplace | Labor unions | Women labor union members

"In recent decades, trade unions have suffered major reversals and experienced declining memberships. Transnational corporations and state-owned... 
Government employee unions | Employee-management relations in government | Employment Relations | Human Resource Management | Government employee unions - Australia

The term ‘social dumping’ regularly appears in public debates and in policymaking circles. However, due to its ambiguity it is used in a manner that is... 
Labor laws and legislation | European Union countries Social policy | Marginality, Social | Labor market | Competition, Unfair | Free trade | Foreign workers | European Politics | European Union Politics | Comparative Politics | Social policy | Europe Union countries | European Union countries | Labor market - Europe Union countries

InUnion Voices, the result of a thirteen-year research project, three industrial relations scholars evaluate how labor unions fared in the political and... 
Great Britain | TUC Organising Academy | Labor unions | Organizing | Political Science

"During the first decade of the twenty-first century, worker resistance in China increased rapidly despite the fact that certain segments of the state began... 
History | Labor unions | Labor unions and socialism | China | Sociology | Political Science

United States | Labor unions | Recognition

COSATU's Contested Legacy analyses the dilemmas and opportunities of trade unionism in contemporary South Africa. The volume brings into sharp relief the... 
Democracy | Political activity | South Africa Politics and government | Cosatu | Labor unions | 1994 | South Africa | Politics and government

Was the Soviet Union a superpower? Red Globalization is a significant rereading of the Cold War as an economic struggle shaped by the global economy. Oscar... 
Economic aspects | Cold War | Soviet Union Economic conditions | Foreign trade regulation | Soviet Union Foreign economic relations | History | Foreign economic relations | Economic conditions | Soviet Union | 1945-1955

Political activity | Labour Party (Great Britain) | Labor unions