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This book examines countries that have tried, with varying degrees
of success, to use legislative strategies to encourage and support
collective bargaining, including Australia's Fair Work Act. It is
the first major study of the operation and impact of the new
collective bargaining framework introduced under the Fair Work Act,
combining theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, a
number of comparative pieces provide rich insights into the
Australian legislation's adaptation of concepts from overseas
collective bargaining systems - including good faith bargaining,
and majority employee support as the basis for establishing
bargaining rights. Contributors to this volume are all leading
labor law, industrial relations, and human resource management
scholars from Australia, and from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and
the United States.
This book examines countries that have tried, with varying
degrees of success, to use legislative strategies to encourage and
support collective bargaining, including Australia s Fair Work Act.
It is the first major study of the operation and impact of the new
collective bargaining framework introduced under the Fair Work Act,
combining theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, a
number of comparative pieces provide rich insights into the
Australian legislation s adaptation of concepts from overseas
collective bargaining systems including good faith bargaining, and
majority employee support as the basis for establishing bargaining
rights. Contributors to this volume are all leading labor law,
industrial relations, and human resource management scholars from
Australia, and from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United
States.
This book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in
Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of
innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to
build new forms of worker power - and overcome decades of declining
membership wrought by neoliberalism, globalisation, and hostility
from employers and the state. The study evaluates the responses of
unions in each country to falling membership levels since the
1980s. It considers the US 'organising model' and its adoption in
Australia and the UK, comparing this with the strategies of Italian
unions which have been more deliberately focused on precarious and
migrant workers. The increasing reliance of US unions on community
alliances, as seen in the 'Fight for $15' and similar campaigns, is
scrutinised along with new union prototypes like Hospo Voice in
Australia, the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain and SI
Cobas in Italy. The book includes an in-depth analysis of union
responses to the gig economy in the four countries, and the
emergence of self-organised worker collectives to combat this
exploitative business model. The vital role played by unions in
defending the interests of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is
also examined. As well as highlighting the most successful union
initiatives to meet the challenges of the past 30 years, the book
assesses the strengths and deficiencies of the legal framework for
union representation in the four nations. It identifies the labour
law reforms needed to rebuild collectivism, but argues that more is
needed than favourable laws. This cross-national study provides a
rich basis for identifying the combination of reforms, strategies
and linkages required to ensure that unions can remain relevant for
a new generation of digitally-active workers.
This book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in
Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of
innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to
build new forms of worker power – and overcome decades of
declining membership wrought by neoliberalism, globalisation, and
hostility from employers and the state. The study evaluates the
responses of unions in each country to falling membership levels
since the 1980s. It considers the US ‘organising model’ and its
adoption in Australia and the UK, comparing this with the
strategies of Italian unions which have been more deliberately
focused on precarious and migrant workers. The increasing reliance
of US unions on community alliances, as seen in the ‘Fight for
$15’ and similar campaigns, is scrutinised along with new union
prototypes like Hospo Voice in Australia, the Independent
Workers’ Union of Great Britain and SI Cobas in Italy. The book
includes an in-depth analysis of union responses to the gig economy
in the four countries, and the emergence of self-organised worker
collectives to combat this exploitative business model. The vital
role played by unions in defending the interests of workers during
the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined. As well as highlighting the
most successful union initiatives to meet the challenges of the
past 30 years, the book assesses the strengths and deficiencies of
the legal framework for union representation in the four nations.
It identifies the labour law reforms needed to rebuild
collectivism, but argues that more is needed than favourable laws.
This cross-national study provides a rich basis for identifying the
combination of reforms, strategies and linkages required to ensure
that unions can remain relevant for a new generation of
digitally-active workers.
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