Global Unionism-Beyond the Rhetoric: The CWA North Atlantic Alliance
This article examines the organizational challenges faced by labor as it moves beyond the rhetoric of globalization and starts the urgent task of building global capacity and power. The Communication Workers of America's "North Atlantic Alliance" with the British Telecomrnunica tions...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0160449x9902400109 2023-05-15T17:29:33+02:00 Global Unionism-Beyond the Rhetoric: The CWA North Atlantic Alliance Borgers, Frank 1999 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160449x9902400109 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0160449X9902400109 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Labor Studies Journal volume 24, issue 1, page 107-122 ISSN 0160-449X 1538-9758 Sociology and Political Science Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Industrial relations journal-article 1999 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449x9902400109 2022-04-14T04:41:52Z This article examines the organizational challenges faced by labor as it moves beyond the rhetoric of globalization and starts the urgent task of building global capacity and power. The Communication Workers of America's "North Atlantic Alliance" with the British Telecomrnunica tions Workers Union and the Society of Telecom Executives is presented as an example of global capacity building. While the Alliance represents a positive development, analysis of its organizational structure reveals some of the challenges facing labor as it attempts to build global union ism. The challenges addressed include: building a rank-and-file curricu lum around the question of globalization that provides hope and a sense of power, and that builds support for international programs among the membership; gaining meaningful organizational support and resources for international programs; the design of appropriate transnational commit ments the implications of international market turmoil for labor's ability to build global capacity; and the role of international trade secretariats in transnational alliances. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Labor Studies Journal 24 1 107 122 |
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This article examines the organizational challenges faced by labor as it moves beyond the rhetoric of globalization and starts the urgent task of building global capacity and power. The Communication Workers of America's "North Atlantic Alliance" with the British Telecomrnunica tions Workers Union and the Society of Telecom Executives is presented as an example of global capacity building. While the Alliance represents a positive development, analysis of its organizational structure reveals some of the challenges facing labor as it attempts to build global union ism. The challenges addressed include: building a rank-and-file curricu lum around the question of globalization that provides hope and a sense of power, and that builds support for international programs among the membership; gaining meaningful organizational support and resources for international programs; the design of appropriate transnational commit ments the implications of international market turmoil for labor's ability to build global capacity; and the role of international trade secretariats in transnational alliances. |
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