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Is Global Governance the Solution for Labor?: Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of Transnational Labor Organizing

Is Global Governance the Solution for Labor?: Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of... 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 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Labor Forum SAGE

Is Global Governance the Solution for Labor?: Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of Transnational Labor Organizing

New Labor Forum , Volume 24 (2): 4 – May 1, 2015

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© 2015, The Murphy Institute, City University of New York
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1095-7960
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1557-2978
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10.1177/1095796015578148
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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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