Gregor Gall (ed.), Union Organizing: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition.(Book Review)

From: Capital & Class | Date: September 22, 2005| Author: Fairbrother, Peter | Copyright information

Gregor Gall (ed.)

Union Organizing: Campaigning for Trade Union Recognition

Routledge, London, 2003, 270 pp.

ISBN 0-415-26782-X (pbk) 23.99 [pounds sterling]

The debate about trade unionism in contemporary capitalist society has not only revived, but has also taken a number of twists and turns. After nearly two decades of scepticism and doubt about its future, a raft of publications has reopened the debates about trade unionism. One stra...

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