Strikes around the world
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Strikes around the world

Case-studies of 15 countries

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eBook - ePub

Strikes around the world

Case-studies of 15 countries

About this book

Are strikes going out of fashion or are they an inevitable feature of working life? This is a longstanding debate. The much-proclaimed 'withering away of the strike' in the 1950s was quickly overturned by the 'resurgence of class conflict' in the late 1960s and 1970s. The period since then has been characterized as one of 'labor quiescence'. Commentators again predict the strike's demise, at least in the former heartlands of capitalism.Patterns of employment are constantly changing and strike activity reflects this. The secular decline of manufacturing in mature industrialized economies is of major importance here (though the global relocation of manufacturing may lead to some 'relocation' of strikes). Simultaneously we see the growth of disputes in the service sector (the 'tertiarization' of strikes). This is evident particularly in public services, including health care, social care and education, and is accompanied by a 'feminization' of strikes, given the prevalence of women working there. This unique study draws on the experience of fifteen countries around the world – South Africa, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Covering the high and low points of strike activity over the period 1968–2005, the study shows continuing evidence of the durability, adaptability and necessity of the strike.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. General glossary
  7. Editors’ foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Strike statistics and the problems of international comparison
  10. A racially divided class Strikes in South Africa, 1973–2004
  11. A century of general strikes Strikes in Argentina
  12. Public sector militancy, feminization, and employer aggression Trends in strikes, lockouts, and wildcats in Canada from 1960 to 2004
  13. Strikes in a state corporatist system Mexico
  14. Approaching extinction? The decline of strikes in the United States, 1960–2005
  15. Militant unionism in Korea
  16. Strikes and lockouts in the Antipodes Neo-liberal convergence in Australia and New Zealand
  17. From the seventies strike wave to the first cyber-strike in the twenty-first century Strike activity and labour unrest in Belgium
  18. The persistence of labour unrest Strikes in Denmark, 1969–2005
  19. Strikes in France Strong social eruptions and a weak tradition of collective bargaining
  20. Industrial action in a low-strike country Strikes in Germany 1968–2005
  21. Strikes behind the dykes Netherlands, 1965–2005
  22. From blue-collar wildcats in the 1970s to public sector resistance at the turn of a new millennium Strikes in Sweden 1970–2005
  23. From strike wave to strike drought The United Kingdom, 1968–2005
  24. Comprehending divergence in strike activity Employers’ offensives, government interventions and union responses
  25. Contributors