Unions and the Global Economy: Organizing Beyond Borders

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	Article: Trade unions and the global economy: An unfinished story This link goes to a 22 page PDF document on the International Labor Organization (ILO, part of the UN) webpage.
	Article by Harold Meyerson: Unions for a Global Economy This article appeared on April 25, 2005 in the Washington Post. It examines the Steelworkers (USW) merger with two British unions, Amicus (autoworkers), and the Transport and General Workers.

Labst020

Labst 020: Unions and the Global Economy: Organizing Beyond Boarders

This class is an elective in the Labor Studies Certificate and/or AA Degree program. It is offered approx. about every two or three years.

This class will next be offered in Fall 2009 on Thursday evenings.

	Fall 2009 Course Information
	Instructor: Michael Eisenscher Location: Meets in Room A-140 Time: 6-9:20pm, Thursdays Class Code or Section Number: ????? Textbooks for this class are: Required: 1. To Be Determond /2^nd Edition by Unknown. ISBN-10: ?????????? Optional: 2. To Be Determond /2^nd Edition by staff. ISBN-10: ?????????? STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to: 1. Critically evaluate the situation of workers and unions in other countries in light of cultural and economic differences. 2. Identify problems created by the movement of capital and jobs to other countries, and propose solutions. 3. Apply skills for communicating with workers and unions abroad. 4. Develop research and planning strategies to build workplace knowledge and solidarity.

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This class looks at the state of workers and unions in other countries.

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