Global Anti-Unionism: Nature, Dynamics, Trajectories and Outcomes

One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. This volume examines the nature of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage.

Kiu Sik Bae, Korea Labour Institute in Seoul, South Korea Martin Behrens, Hans Böckler Foundation (WSI), Germany Daniel Blackburn, ICTUR Rae Cooper, University of Sydney Business School, Australia Niall Cullinane, Queen’s University Management School, Northern Ireland Tony Dobbins, Bangor University, Wales Jimmy Donaghey, University of Warwick, UK Heiner Dribbusch, Hans Böckler Foundation (WSI), Germany Bradon Ellem, University of Sydney, Australia Michele Ford, University of Sydney, Australia Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts, USA Eugene Hickland, National University of Ireland, Ireland John Logan, San Francisco State University, USA Alan McKinlay, Newcastle University, UK Kim Moody, University of Hertfordshire, UK Miguel Puerto, lawyer Chris Rowley, City University, UK