Labour solidarity in crisis? Lessons from General Motors
2013
44
2
March
139-153
case study ; economic recession ; labour relations ; trade unionism ; trade union attitude
Labour relations
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irj.12009
English
Bibliogr.
"Why was the 2008–09 economic downturn not matched by an internationally coordinated trade union response? Drawing on the evidence from General Motors, this article argues that this was due to states' extraordinary involvement in the economy during the crisis, which provided strategic alternatives to labour transnationalism at the national level."
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