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Books and the Arts 125 His most recent research has focused on transna- building linkages with unions abroad, from the tional corporations, global unions, and global frame- rich countries of Europe, to Australia and New work agreements. Zealand, to poor countries in Africa and Asia. Through this story, McCallum seeks to chart a new path for organized labor. Is Global Governance the Solution for Labor? Governance Struggles Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of GULP rests its hope for labor renewal on “gov- Transnational Labor Organizing ernance struggles,” which seek to “exert a By Jamie K. McCallum degree of discipline and control over the busi- Cornell University Press, 2013 ness practices of transnational corporations and ISBN: 978-0-8014-5193-5 free-trade pacts” (p. 11). Rather than pressuring Reviewed by: Marcel Paret employers to raise wages or benefits, or DOI: 10.1177/1095796015578148 demanding that nation-states protect labor rights, governance struggles aim to establish new “rules of engagement” that are favorable to unions and union organizing (p. 12). An impor- tant example involves the struggles for neutral- ity agreements, whereby employers agree to refrain from actively opposing union organiz- ing efforts. Governance struggles are not necessarily restricted to the international level. Indeed, McCallum views
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Published: May 1, 2015
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