Merger of trade unions, BUSINESS TIMES From: Business Times (Malaysia) | Date: December 14, 2001| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Hamisah Hamid
Business Times (Malaysia)
12-14-2001
GLOBALISATION does not only result in company mergers and acquisition but
also the merger of trade unions to be a "global player" in protecting the
interest of members during the intensifying international market liberalization.

Trade union expert Werner Thoennessen said previously a marriage of
workers' organizations often goes quietly unnoticed due to their modest
scale.
But the amalgamation of five separate German trade unions in March
this year to form a 3 million member "union of unions" did not go unnoticed.

The merged union, called ...

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