Union Organizing: Campaining for trade union recognition (Routledge Studies in Employment Relations)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 13
Abbreviations of trade unions......Page 14
Foreword by......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
\'Organizing the unorganized\': union recruitment strategies in American transnationals, c. 1945  1977......Page 38
Organizing in the offshore oil and gas industry in Britain, c. 1972  1990: a long burning flame or a spark that has gone out?......Page 58
Trade union recruitment policy in Britain: form and effects......Page 75
Employer opposition to union recognition......Page 98
Union organizing in a not-for-profit organization......Page 116
Organizing in electronics: recruitment, recognition and representation    shadow shop stewards in Scotland\'s \'Silicon Glen\'......Page 133
Organizing in transport and travel: learning lessons from TSSA\'s Seacat campaign......Page 152
Call center organizing in adversity: from Excell to Vertex......Page 172
Comparisons and prospects: industrial relations and trade unions in North America and Britain......Page 192
Union organizing in the United States......Page 210
Union recognition in Germany: a dual system of industrial relations with two recognition problems......Page 230
Conclusion: drawing up a balance sheet......Page 247
Bibliography......Page 263
Index......Page 278