Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms: Waterman/Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms

New interest in labour and union internationalism has developed over the last 10-15 years. This collection, co-edited by scholars from an older and younger generation, is a very original attempt to grapple with the challenges of globalisation for labor. The collection includes contributions from academics and activists based in the North and South.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms: Beyond the Fragments? (pages 1–7): Peter Waterman and Jane Wills Chapter 2 Trade Union Internationalism in the Age of Seattle (pages 8–32): Peter Waterman Chapter 3 Southern Unionism and the New Labour Internationalism (pages 33–58): Rob Lambert and Eddie Webster Chapter 4 Rethinking the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and its Inter?American Regional Organization1 (pages 59–79): Kjeld Jakobsen Chapter 5 Transnational Capital, Urban Globalisation and Cross?Border Solidarity: The Case of the South African Municipal Workers (pages 80–102): Franco Barchiesi Chapter 6 Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy (pages 103–122): Andrew Herod Chapter 7 World Trade and Workers' Rights: In Search of an Internationalist Position (pages 123–146): Rohini Hensman Chapter 8 NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement and International Labor Solidarity (pages 147–163): Lance Compa Chapter 9 European Integration and Industrial Relations: A Case of Variable Geometry? (pages 164–179): Richard Hyman Chapter 10 Uneven Geographies of Capital and Labour: The Lessons of European Works Councils (pages 180–205): Jane Wills Chapter 11 Women Workers and the Promise of Ethical Trade in the Globalised Garment Industry: A Serious Beginning? (pages 206–226): Angela Hale and Linda Shaw Chapter 12 Propositions on Trade Unions and Informal Employment in Times of Globalisation (pages 227–245): Dan Gallin Chapter 13 A Manifesto Against Femicide (pages 246–262): Melissa Wright Chapter 14 Union Responses to Mass Immigration: The Case of Miami, USA (pages 263–288): Bruce Nissen and Guillermo Grenier Over the last 10 or 15 years there has been a revival of labor and trade union internationalism. This regeneration is attracting the attention of a new generation of committed thinkers who are deploying new types of scholarship. Labor internationalism is looked at not only in terms of political economy or industrial and international relations, but also in terms of social movement theory and in relationship to global civil society. Notions of labor-community alliances, or the alliance of labor with radical-democratic social movements, are being projected onto the world stage. Radical social geographers have made a notable contribution to this debate by focusing on the scaled politics of labor organisation. This collection, co-edited by scholars from an older and younger generation, is a very original attempt to grapple with the challenges of globalization for labor. The collection includes contributions from academics and activists based in the North and South Since the 1980s there has been a revival of labour and trade union internationalism. This regeneration is attracting the attention of a new generation of committed thinkers who are deploying contemporary types of scholarship. Labour internationalism is looked at not only in terms of political economy or industrial and international relations, but also in terms of social movement theory and in relationship to global civil society. Notions of labour-community alliances, or the alliance of labour with radical-democratic social movements, are being projected onto the world stage. Radical social geographers have made a notable contribution to this debate by focusing on the scaled politics of labour organization. This collection, co-edited by scholars from an older and younger generation, is an attempt to grapple with the challenges of globalization for labour. The collection includes contributions from academics and activists based in the North and South In the wake of antiglobalisation protests in Seattle, Washington, Davos, Prague and Porto Alegre (not to speak of such localised anti-global protests as those in Cochabamba in Bolivia, in India and both inside and outside French outlets of McDonalds), increasing numbers of people are taking part in dialogues about the theory and practice of internationalism.