This book brings together many of the today's leading labour scholars to assess the current
state and future prospects of organised labour world-wide. It offers analysis of the causes and
extent of the movement's current malaise from a variety of vantage points. It provides eight
national and regional studies - China Britain France the US Eastern Europe Brazil Ghana
and Cameroon - that detail problems faced and the revitalisation strategies trade unions have
pursued in response. It also offers fresh scholarly perspectives on a host of pressing labour
issues: the extent and impact of global corporate restructuring the ongoing fight to achieve
core labour standards the enduring importance of gender and diversity the fortunes of the
international labour movement the relationship between trade unions and NGOs the intellectual
response to organised labour's present predicament and the role of labour in the global social
justice movement. With its expansive focus and interdisciplinary approach this collection will
stand as a starting point for any investigation into the status of organised labour in the
contemporary world.
