Two forms of transnational organizing
Mapping the strategies of Global Union Federations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2297902 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Schmalz (0000-0002-6403-1311, University of Erfurt), Teresa Conrow (0000-0001-5816-4794, United States Department of Labor), Dina Feller (0000-0002-1760-3276), Maurício Rombaldi (0000-0002-0066-7708, Universidade Federal da Paraíba) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 143-162 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tempo Social (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-2070 • E-ISSN: 1809-4554 |
| Publisher | Universidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2021.185622 |
| OpenAlex | W3194556346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
It has become a commonplace belief among academics and trade union officials that globalization has weakened trade unions. However, the expansion of global capital has also led to a rise of transnational labor organizing. Since the 2000s, Global Union Federations have developed different strategies to tackle the challenges of globalization. In this article, we analyze two such forms of transnational organizing: A network-based and an event-based form of organizing. While the network-based approach brings together unions from different countries in a company or industry-wide cross-border network, the event-based strategy is built on the engagement of the GUFs at large international events to wage local struggles with a lasting impact on labor relations. By drawing on a power resource approach and labor geography and by using empirical data from two case studies, the Building and Woodworkers International's Fifa World Cup campaign of 2014 and the International Transport Workers Union's Latam Union network, we demonstrate how GUFs are using different pathways of transnational activism to link the global with the local and why local trade union action is crucial for success in transnational organizing
Business · Economic geography · Economics · Global strategy · Globalization · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics) · Sociology · Trade union · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |