Trade Unions and Regions: Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Figures
Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Understanding Union Power and Regional Governance
	Unions
	Regions and Regional Governance
	Workers, Unions, and Regional Governance
	The Making of Experimentation
	Using Power Resources
	The Processes and Consequences of Experimentation
	The Book and Its Focus
		Organisational Experimentations
		Institutional Experimentations
		Comparative Studies of Experimentation
		The Interconnections between Organisational and Institutional Experimentation
	References
Part I: Organisational Experimentations
2. Urban Regimes: Experiments and Institutional Innovation
	Introduction
	Urban Regimes and Forms of Governance
	Bristol: Understanding Urban Regimes
		The Fordist/Labourist Urban Regime 1950s-1970s
		Bristol and the Neo-liberal Revolution 1970s-2000s
	From Neo-liberalism to Partnership and Networked Governance?
	Conclusions
	Note
	References
3. Collective Bargaining and Regional Resilience: Recalibrating Labour Relations in the Great Lakes Region Automotive Industry
	Introduction
	The GLR Automotive Industry
		Automotive Production in the GLR
		Auto Industry Collective Bargaining in the United States and Canada
	Restoring Regional Competitiveness: Concessionary Bargaining in the Great Lakes Auto Industry: 2000-2015
		The Advent of Ultra-Concessionary Bargaining: 2003-2007
		The 2008-2009 Bankruptcy Restructuring Crisis
		Post-Crisis Bargaining: 2011-2015
	The 2016 Unifor-D-3 Contract Negotiations in Canada
		Context for Negotiations
		Bargaining Process and Outcomes
		Assessment of Outcomes
	Conclusion
	Postscript
	Notes
	References
Part II: Institutional Experimentation
4. Reflections on Labour Strategy in Urban and Regional Governance
	Unions and Urban Political Economy
	Union Capacities within Urban Regions
		Capacity to Assemble Productive Territories
		Capacity to Balance Production and Social Reproduction
		Capacity to Grant Social Legitimacy to Growth Strategies
		Capacity to Connect Planning to Everyday Life
	Limits and Possibilities
	References
5. Institutional Experimentation in the Montreal Taxi Industry: What Role for the State and Collective Action?
	Framework of Analysis
	Methodology
		The Montreal Taxi Industry
		Research Methodology
	Presentation of Results
		Uber: From Contesting to Experimentation
		Social Innovation - the Case of Téo Taxi
		Between Contesting, Innovation, and Experimentation
	Discussion
	Notes
	References
Part III: Comparative Studies of Experimentation
6. Marginalising Manufacturing: The Politics of Downgrading in the UK Apparel Industry
	Growth in UK apparel manufacturing across regions and subsectors
	Economic and Social Downgrading within United Kingdom Wearing Apparel Manufacturing
	Marginalising Apparel Manufacturing in Greater Manchester and Leicester: Two Political Projects
	From the Lockdown to New Public-private Beginnings?
	Conclusions
	Notes
	References
7. Power Dynamics, Regional Governance Institutions, and the Quality of Work: A Comparison of Baja California and Queretaro Aerospace Clusters
	Introduction
	Power Dynamics, Regional Governance Institutions, and the Quality of Work
	Institutional Legacies and Power Dynamics in Mexico
	The Aerospace Industry in Mexico
	Baja California Aerospace Cluster
	Queretaro Aerospace Cluster
	Understanding Skill Traps and Wage Gaps in the Aerospace Industry
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
	References
Part IV: The Interconnections between Organisational and Institutional Experimentation
8. An Instance of Tripartite Successful Institutional Experimentation: Dual Vocational Education and Training in Spain
	Introduction
	The Metalworking Sector in Asturias
	The Dual VET in Asturias
	The Labour- and Education-based Dual VET of Asturias
		The Making of the Agreement within Social Concertation (2005-2014)
		Implementation, Follow-up, and Main Results (2014-2017)
		Appraisal by the Social Actors and Implications (2019)
	Discussion: Strategic Associational Capabilities, Institutional Work, and Triggers and Drivers of Common Knowledge Creation
	References
9. From Organisational to Institutional Experimentation in the Montreal Aerospace Industry: Understanding the Role of Trade Union Strategic Capabilities
	Introduction
	The Role of Trade Unions in Processes of Experimentation at the Regional Level
	The Montreal Aerospace Industry
	The Process of Experimentation in the Montreal Aerospace Industry
	Phase 1: Experimenting with Joint Regional Governance Organisation (1980-1994)
	Phase 2: Building Thick Governance Organisations (1995-2010)
	Phase 3: Experimenting with New Institutions (2011-2019)
	Understanding the Role of Trade Union Strategic Capabilities in the Transition from Organisational to Institutional Experimentation
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
10. Unions Interrogating Regions and Regionalism in Australia: The Challenges of Experimentation
	Conceptual Questions
	Approach and Method
		Gippsland
		Tasmania
		Summary
	Unions, Regional Governance, and Challenges
		Gippsland
		The Gippsland Experiments
		North West Tasmania
		The North West Tasmanian Experiment
	An Assessment
	Conclusion
	Note
	References
Index