Democracy, Social Justice and the Role of Trade Unions

We the Working People
Herausgeber: Kelly, Caroline; Tham, Joo-Cheong

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Trade unions worldwide face a powerful paradox at this critical juncture: collective organisations for workers are urgently needed and yet there are serious pressures undercutting the legitimate role of trade unions. The aim of this book is to examine how trade unions can effectively navigate this deeply contradictory challenge. It is underpinned by the conviction that trade unions are - and should be - vital institutions for democracy and social justice. Written by leading scholars in industrial relations and labour law as well as those in political philosophy and political science, the collection tackles a range of pressing topics for trade unions including: the climate crisis; the COVID-19 pandemic; economic democracy; democracy within trade unions; precarious work; and election campaigns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9781785277801
• ISBN-10: 1785277804
• Artikelnr.: 61445620

Autorenporträt

Joo-Cheong Tham is a professor at Melbourne Law School and director of the Electoral Regulation Research Network. His research areas are labour law and public law, with a focus on law and democracy and precarious work.  Caroline Kelly is a PhD candidate at the Melbourne Law School. Her research areas are labour law and public law, with a focus on the influence of administrative law doctrines in Australian labour law. 

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Sally McManus; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Democracy and
Social Justice as Organising Principles, Joo- Cheong Tham and Caroline
Kelly; Chapter 2. Economic Democracy, Workers and Unions, David Peetz;
Chapter 3. Nobody Owns the Future, Julian A. Sempill; Chapter 4. Regulatory
Approaches to the Internal Affairs of Trade Unions in Australia: From
Democratic Control to Corporate Accountability, Caroline Kelly; Chapter 5.
Trade Unions and the Regulation of Election Funding: Between Libertarianism
and Egalitarianism, Joo- Cheong Tham; Chapter 6. Trade Unions and
Precarious Work: In Search of Effective Strategies, Iain Campbell; Chapter
7. 'Is There an App for That?' Worker Representation, Unions and the Gig
Economy, Anthony Forsyth; Chapter 8. Temporary Migrant Workers and Trade
Unions in Australia: A Complex Relationship, Joanna Howe; Chapter 9.
Unions, Fossil Fuel Exports and a Just Transition, Jeremy Moss; Chapter 10.
Trade Agreements, Labour Rights and Democracy, Patricia Ranald; Chapter 11.
Trade Unions, Labour Law and Democratic Socialism: The COVID- 19 Crisis in
the United Kingdom, K. D. Ewing; Notes on Contributors; Index.