This is an edited collection of items on unionism worldwide, recognising the crisis that an informatised and globalised capitalism implies for work, workers and the trade-union movement. It considers radical alternatives for labour organisation and action in the 21st century. The book includes contributions by informed academics and unionists and proposes alternative union policies or models in relation to the working class(es), to women, democracy, ecology, internationalism.

List of Figures and Tables Reface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Part 1. Context 1. Labour Dilemmas and Labour Futures / Munck, Ronaldo Part 2. Theoretical Perspectives 2. The Crisis of Trade Union Representation: New Forms of Social Integration and Autonomy-Construction / Catalano, Ana María 3. A New Task for the Unions : The Liberation of Time from Work / Gorz, André 4. Multiple Identities, Multiple Strategies : Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy / Chhachhi, Amrita (et al.) Part 3. Labour West and East 5. The Future of the US Labour Movement in an Era of Global Economic Integration / DeMartino, George 6. The Russian Trade Unions : From Chaos to a New Paradigm / Buketov, Kirill 7. The Future of Japanese Automobile Industry : Toward Coexistence with the World, Consumers and Employees / Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions 8. Five Alternative Scenarios for West European Unionism / Hyman, Richard Part 4. Labour South 9. The Labour Movement, Radical Reform and the Transition to Democracy in South Africa / Adler, Glenn (et al.) 10. Restructuring of Labour and Trade Unions in Brazil / Ramalho, José Ricardo 11. Labour, Industry and the State in India and Pakistan / Candland, Christopher Part 5. Key Issues 12. Ecology and Labour : Towards a New Societal Paradigm / Adkin, Laurie 13. Global Unionism : The Challenge / Thorpe, Vic 14. Trade Unions, Computer Communications and the New World Order / Lee, Eric Part 6. Perspectives 15. The New Social Unionism : A New Union Model for a New World Order / Waterman, Peter Index