Unions in a Globalized Environment: Changing Borders, Organizational Boundaries and Social Roles

302 Pages·2002·17.622 MB·English

by  Bruce Nissen

UNIONS
IN A
GLOBALIZED
ENVIRONMENT
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UNIONS
IN A
GLOBALIZED
ENVIRONMENT
Changing Borders,
Organizational Boundaries,
and Social Roles
Bruce Nissen
Editor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Unions in a globalized environment : changing borders, organizational boundaries, and
social roles I edited by Bruce Nissen.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7656-0869-3 (alk. paper)-ISBN 0-7656-0870-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Labor unions. 2. Foreign trade and employment. 3. Globalization-Economic
aspects. I. Nissen, Bruce, 1948-
HD6483.U66 2002
331.88'091-dc21 200149525
ISBN 13: 9780765608703 (pbk)
ISBN 13: 9780765608697 (hbk)
CONTENTS
List of Tables and Figures vii
1. The Labor Movement in a New Globalized Environment:
An Introduction
Bruce Nissen 3
Part 1: Cross-Border Organizing and Solidarity
2. Free Trade and Worker Solidarity in the North American
Auto Industry
Steve Babson 17
3. Four Models of Cross-Border Maquila Organizing
Henry J. Frundt 45
4. Union Global Alliances at Multinational Corporations:
A Case Study of the Ameritech Alliance
Jeff Rechenbach and Larry Cohen 76
Part II: Responding to Immigration
5. New Workers, New Labor, and the New Los Angeles
Ruth Milkman 103
6. Unions and Immigrants in South Florida: A Comparison
Bruce Nissen and Guillermo Grenier 130
Part III: Internal Transformation: Moving Toward
Social Movement Unionism?
7. The Strategic Challenge of Organizing Manufacturing
Workers in Global/Flexible Capitalism
Fernando Gapasin and Edna Bonacich 163
8. Does Neoliberal Restructuring Promote Social Movement
Unionism? U.S. Developments in Comparative Perspective
Ian Robinson 189
9. Citizenship Movement Unionism: For the Defense
of Local Communities in the Global Age
Paul Johnston 236
10. Concluding Thoughts: Internal Transformation?
Bruce Nissen 264
About the Editor and Contributors 275
Index 279
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Tables
2.1 Cross-Border Vehicle Sourcing by the Big Three, 1998 25
6.1 Percentage of Foreign-Born Residents in the Miami
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA),
Selected Years 135
6.2 Percent Immigrant Labor in Various Industries,
Miami-Dade County, 1980, 1990, and 1998 135
6.3 Country of Origin of Immigrant Workers in Miami-Dade
County, 1998 135
6.4 Immigrants in Construction Industry, Iron Work,
and Union Membership, Selected Years 137
6.5 Membership of Ironworkers Local 272, Selected Years 138
6.6 UBC Membership and Hispanic-Non-Hispanic
Breakdown, Selected Years 140
6.7 HERE Local 355 Membership by Nationality,
March 2000, 147
8.1 NLR Impact on Conditions Favoring SMU in
the United States 201
8.2 Union Power Resources and Economic Power under NLR
for Canada and the United States 205
8.3 Elements of Union EOS, Canada and United States,
1969-1998 217
8.4 Change in Ten Conditions Favoring SMU 222
Figures
5.1 Union Members As Percentage of Nonfarm Wage and Salary
Workers, 1951-1987 109
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viii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
5.2 Union Density By Sector, L.A., California, and the
United States, 1998 110
5.3 Employed Workers and Union Members in Greater L.A.,
1994-1997, by Industry 111
5.4 Employed Workers and Union Members in Greater L.A.,
1994-1997, by Nativity and Ethnicity 112
5.5 Employed Workers and Union Members in Greater L.A.,
1994-1997, by Sector, Nativity and Ethnicity 113
8.1 Paths from Environmental Conditions to Union
Culture and Type 194
UNIONS
IN A
GLOBALIZED
ENVIRONMENT