International trade unionism in a globalizing world: A case study of new labour internationalism

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-382

  Ghigliani, Pablo ^a,b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Globalization; International campaigning; International trade unionism; Labour internationalism; McDonald's; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944437369     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05054740     Document Type: Review

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