Building Alliances and Coalitions



			Go-it-alone unionism no longer seems a viable strategy to many observers. The kind of industrial strength built from monopoly unionism and coordinated bargaining in one country appears increasingly vulnerable to global competition. Many unions are looking to build coalitions within their communities and/or across borders in order to enhance their ability to give voice to the concerns of their members and the communities in which they live.

			Capsules and Vignettes from the Field

Author(s)	Title	Capsule

Ian ROBINSON (University of MIchigan)	Consumers with a Conscience:Is there a Mass Market for EndingSweatshops?	PDF (244 K)

Stéphane LeQUEUX (Griffith University)	Methodology Capsule À propos de la recherche sur le syndicalisme et l'altermondialisme. Recherche appliquée à un « acteur collectif » : de la complexité d'une évidence	PDF (128 K)

Research Reports

Theme 1: New Sites for Bargaining Across Borders

Author(s)	Title	Paper	Abstract

Reynald BOURQUE (Université de Montréal)	Le renouveau du syndicalisme international et les accords cadres internationaux		HTML

Nikolaus HAMMER (University of Cardiff)	International Framework Agreements: Global Union Federations and Value Chains	PDF (84 K)	HTML

William N. COOKE (Wayne State University)	Exercising Power: Transnational Collective Bargaining in an Era of Corporate Globalization		HTML

Maria BONNAFOUS-BOUCHER (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers)	Les formes institutionnelles et non-institutionnelles du renouveau du syndicalisme français		HTML

Theme 2: International Union Cooperation in the Americas

Author(s)	Title	Paper	Abstract

Arnulfo ARTEAGA GARCÍA (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana) Everardo FIMBRES OCANA (IMF)	Mexico’s National Council of Metalworkers (Consejo Nacional de Trabajadores Metalurgicos): from disjointed efforts to unified action?	PDF (1,2 Mb)	HTML

Mélanie DUFOUR-POIRIER Christian LÉVESQUE (HEC Montréal)	Building Union Power Through International Alliances: A Case Study from Mexico		HTML

Christopher HUXLEY (Trent and Wayne State Universities)	Transnational Union Cooperation and Union Renewal: The Case of a Tri-National Network on Autowork in the Americas		HTML

Alberto José ROBLES Ruben CORTINA Julio GODIO (World of Labor Institute)	Union Renewal Trends Related With Union Activity at MERCOSUR		HTML

Thème 3: Unions and Social Movements

Author(s)	Title	Paper	Abstract

Amanda TATTERSALL (University of Sydney)	Union-Community Coalitions and Community Unionism: Developing a Framework for the Role of Union-Community Relationships in Union Renewal	PDF (404 K)	HTML

Stéphane LeQUEUX (Griffith University)	Altermondialisme et Syndicalisme : Australie et Canada dans l’œil du cyclone	PDF (284 K)	HTML

Thomas COLLOMBAT (Carleton University) Mona-Josée GAGNON (Université de Montréal)	Tentative de conceptualisation des activités syndicales internationales à partir du cas québécois		HTML

Ivan SAINSAULIEU (LISE-CNRS)	Nouveau syndicalisme critique et base radicale	PDF (296 K)	HTML

Verena SCHMIDT (ILO/ACTRAV)	The Global Union Research Network as a Potential Incremental Innovation?		HTML

Guy BELLEMARE Anne-Renée GRAVEL Louise BRIAND Alain VALLÉE (Université du Québec en Outaouais)	Le syndicalisme de transformation sociale (social movement unionism). Voie de renouvellement des théories du syndicalisme ? Le cas des services de garde		HTML

Gisèle BELEM Emmanuelle CHAMPION Corinne GENDRON Marie-France TURCOTTE (Université du Québec à Montréal)	Initiatives de responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise et alliances avec société civile comme renouvellement de l'action syndicale à l'ère de la mondialisation économique	PDF (284 K)