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Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine : striking with tied hands, Mihai Varga

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This is a book about strategies of trade unions confronting employers in difficult conditions. The book's main idea is to study why and how successful forms of workers' interest representation could emerge in a hostile context. The post-communist context makes it difficult for workers and trade unions to mobilise, pose threats to employers, and break out of their political isolation, but even under such harsh conditions strategy matters for defending workers' rights and living standards. The cases studied in this book are 18 conflict episodes at 10 privatised plants in the Romanian steel industry and Ukraine's civil machine-building sector in the 2000s. This book should be relevant for anyone taking interest in how and to what extent workers can reassert their influence over the conditions of production in regions and economic sectors characterised by disinvestment (of which outsourcing and 'lean' methods of production are instances).--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xv, 224 pages
Contents
  • 1. Theorising Transformation from a Labour Perspective 2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two Approaches to Managing Worker Discontent 3. A Theory of Labour Strategy 4. Struggles at the Plant 5. Struggles for the Plant 6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and Outcomes 7. The Difficult Road to Strategy Conclusions Select Bibliography Appendix of Interview Respondents Index
Isbn
9780719091124
Instance
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Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine : striking with tied hands
Title
Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine
Title remainder
striking with tied hands
Statement of responsibility
Mihai Varga
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
This is a book about strategies of trade unions confronting employers in difficult conditions. The book's main idea is to study why and how successful forms of workers' interest representation could emerge in a hostile context. The post-communist context makes it difficult for workers and trade unions to mobilise, pose threats to employers, and break out of their political isolation, but even under such harsh conditions strategy matters for defending workers' rights and living standards. The cases studied in this book are 18 conflict episodes at 10 privatised plants in the Romanian steel industry and Ukraine's civil machine-building sector in the 2000s. This book should be relevant for anyone taking interest in how and to what extent workers can reassert their influence over the conditions of production in regions and economic sectors characterised by disinvestment (of which outsourcing and 'lean' methods of production are instances).--
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Varga, Mihai
Dewey number
322.40949809049
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Labor movement
  • Post-communism
  • Labor movement
  • Post-communism
Label
Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine : striking with tied hands, Mihai Varga
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
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  • still image
Content type MARC source
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Contents
1. Theorising Transformation from a Labour Perspective 2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two Approaches to Managing Worker Discontent 3. A Theory of Labour Strategy 4. Struggles at the Plant 5. Struggles for the Plant 6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and Outcomes 7. The Difficult Road to Strategy Conclusions Select Bibliography Appendix of Interview Respondents Index
Control code
FIEb17538476
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 224 pages
Isbn
9780719091124
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations (black and white)
System control number
(OCoLC)890389763
Label
Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine : striking with tied hands, Mihai Varga
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent.
  • rdacontent.
Contents
1. Theorising Transformation from a Labour Perspective 2. Labour in Romania and Ukraine. Two Approaches to Managing Worker Discontent 3. A Theory of Labour Strategy 4. Struggles at the Plant 5. Struggles for the Plant 6. Contention in and for the Plant. Emergence and Outcomes 7. The Difficult Road to Strategy Conclusions Select Bibliography Appendix of Interview Respondents Index
Control code
FIEb17538476
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xv, 224 pages
Isbn
9780719091124
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations (black and white)
System control number
(OCoLC)890389763

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