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Dying for an iPhone
Apple, Foxconn and the Lives of China's Workers
Av Jenny Chan, Mark Selden m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
210 kr
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Suicides, excessive overtime, hostility and violence on the factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff, Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's most powerful companies: Foxconn and …
Wobblies of the World
A Global History of the IWW
Av Peter Cole, David Struthers m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
318 kr
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The Industrial Workers of the World is a union unlike any other. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, it rapidly gained members across the world thanks to its revolutionary, internationalist outlook. By using powerful organising methods including direct-action and direct-democracy, it put power in the hands …
Choke Points
Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain
Av Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Immanuel Ness
Häftad, 2018
292 kr
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Global capitalism is a precarious system. Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving. This is the global supply chain, and, if the …
Just Work?
Migrant Workers' Struggles Today
Av Aziz Choudry, Mondli Hlatshwayo
Häftad, 2015
292 kr
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This book offers a vast range of grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organisation in the twenty-first century. From workers' organisations in South African migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to domestic workers' structures in Hong Kong, …
Southern Insurgency
The Coming of the Global Working Class
Häftad, 2015
292 kr
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The site of industrial struggle is shifting. Across the Global South, peasant communities are forced off the land to live and work in harsh and impoverished conditions. Inevitably, new methods of combating the spread of industrial capitalism are evolving in ambitious, militant and creative ways. …
Southern Insurgency
The Coming of the Global Working Class
Inbunden, 2015
944 kr
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The site of industrial struggle is shifting. Across the Global South, peasant communities are forced off the land to live and work in harsh and impoverished conditions. Inevitably, new methods of combating the spread of industrial capitalism are evolving in ambitious, militant and creative ways. …
Spirit of Marikana
The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa
Av Luke Sinwell, Siphiwe Mbatha
Häftad, 2016
210 kr
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On 16th August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. This attempt to drown independent working-class power in blood backfired and is now recognised as …
Spirit of Marikana
The Rise of Insurgent Trade Unionism in South Africa
Av Luke Sinwell, Siphiwe Mbatha
Inbunden, 2016
944 kr
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On 16th August 2012, thirty-four black mineworkers were gunned down by the police under the auspices of South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) in what has become known as the Marikana massacre. This attempt to drown independent working-class power in blood backfired and is now recognised as …
Choke Points
Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain
Av Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Immanuel Ness
Inbunden, 2018
1400 kr
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Global capitalism is a precarious system. Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving. This is the global supply chain, and, if the …
Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle
Strategies, Tactics, Objectives
Av Robert Ovetz
Inbunden, 2020
944 kr
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Rumours of the death of the global labour movement have been greatly exaggerated. Rising from the ashes of the old trade union movement, workers' struggle is being reborn from below.By engaging in what Karl Marx called a workers' inquiry, workers and militant co-researchers are studying their …
Workers' Inquiry and Global Class Struggle
Strategies, Tactics, Objectives
Av Robert Ovetz
Häftad, 2020
292 kr
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Rumours of the death of the global labour movement have been greatly exaggerated. Rising from the ashes of the old trade union movement, workers' struggle is being reborn from below.By engaging in what Karl Marx called a workers' inquiry, workers and militant co-researchers are studying their …
Dying for an iPhone
Apple, Foxconn and the Lives of China's Workers
Av Jenny Chan, Mark Selden m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1400 kr
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Suicides, excessive overtime, hostility and violence on the factory floor in China. Drawing on vivid testimonies from rural migrant workers, student interns, managers and trade union staff, Dying for an iPhone is a devastating expose of two of the world's most powerful companies: Foxconn and …
Cost of Free Shipping
Amazon in the Global Economy
Av Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Ellen Reese
Inbunden, 2020
944 kr
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**Winner of the UALE Book Award 2021**Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic. Its dominance has reshaped the global economy itself: we live in the age of …
Cost of Free Shipping
Amazon in the Global Economy
Av Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Ellen Reese
Häftad, 2020
268 kr
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**Winner of the UALE Book Award 2021**Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in history, and one of the few people to profit from a global pandemic. Its dominance has reshaped the global economy itself: we live in the age of …
Amakomiti
Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements
Inbunden, 2021
944 kr
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'One of the most exciting and provocative books that I've read in a long time' - Mike Davis, author of Planet of the SlumsCan people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses …
Amakomiti
Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements
Häftad, 2021
267 kr
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Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses popular needs? This book argues that they can. In a study conducted in dozens of South Africa's shack settlements, where more …
Augmented Exploitation
Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work
Av Phoebe Moore, Jamie Woodcock
Häftad, 2021
267 kr
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Artificial Intelligence is a seemingly neutral technology, but it is increasingly used to manage workforces and make decisions to hire and fire employees. Its proliferation in the workplace gives the impression of a fairer, more efficient system of management. A machine can't discriminate, after …
Augmented Exploitation
Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work
Av Phoebe Moore, Jamie Woodcock
Inbunden, 2021
944 kr
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Artificial Intelligence is a seemingly neutral technology, but it is increasingly used to manage workforces and make decisions to hire and fire employees. Its proliferation in the workplace gives the impression of a fairer, more efficient system of management. A machine can't discriminate, after …
Organizing Insurgency
Workers' Movements in the Global South
Häftad, 2021
260 kr
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'A breath of fresh air' - Norman FinklesteinWorkers in the Global South are doomed through economic imperialism to carry the burden of the entire world. While these workers appear isolated from the Global North, they are in fact deeply integrated into global commodity chains and essential to the …
Organizing Insurgency
Workers' Movements in the Global South
Inbunden, 2021
944 kr
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'A breath of fresh air' - Norman FinklesteinWorkers in the Global South are doomed through economic imperialism to carry the burden of the entire world. While these workers appear isolated from the Global North, they are in fact deeply integrated into global commodity chains and essential to the …
Arise
Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence
Av Jane Holgate
Häftad, 2021
254 kr
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'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAleveyIn Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organising experience, Holgate examines the structural inertia of …
Arise
Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence
Av Jane Holgate
Inbunden, 2021
869 kr
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'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAleveyIn Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organising experience, Holgate examines the structural inertia of …
Power Despite Precarity
Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education
Häftad, 2021
236 kr
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Higher education is the site of an ongoing conflict. At the heart of this struggle are the precariously employed faculty ‘contingents’ who work without basic job security, living wages or benefits. Yet they have the incentive and, if organized, the power to shape the future of higher …
Power Despite Precarity
Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education
Inbunden, 2021
917 kr
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Higher education is the site of an ongoing conflict. At the heart of this struggle are the precariously employed faculty ‘contingents’ who work without basic job security, living wages or benefits. Yet they have the incentive and, if organized, the power to shape the future of higher …
Golpe
US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico
Av Rob McKenzie
Häftad, 2022
191 kr
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'Early in my research, a friend with excellent knowledge of the United Auto Workers internal operations told me, "Don't give up. They are hiding something"…'It’s 1990, and US labour is being outsourced to Mexico. Rumours of a violent confrontation at the Mexican Ford Assembly plant on January 8 …
Golpe
US Labor, the CIA, and the Coup at Ford in Mexico
Av Rob McKenzie
Inbunden, 2022
972 kr
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'Early in my research, a friend with excellent knowledge of the United Auto Workers internal operations told me, "Don't give up. They are hiding something"…'It’s 1990, and US labour is being outsourced to Mexico. Rumours of a violent confrontation at the Mexican Ford Assembly plant on January 8 …
Workers Can Win
A Guide to Organising at Work
Av Ian Allinson
Häftad, 2022
171 kr
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The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace activist Ian Allinson, the answer is clear: …
Workers Can Win
A Guide to Organising at Work
Av Ian Allinson
Inbunden, 2022
1288 kr
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The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace activist Ian Allinson, the answer is clear: …
Workers' Power from Below
Rebuilding Syndicalism in the 21st Century
Av Gabriel Kuhn
Häftad, 2027
210 kr
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Capitalism is in crisis, and class divisions are deepening across the globe. Labour is becoming increasingly mobile and precarious. This is the moment for syndicalist unions to advance their demands through strikes and direct action, to reforge a powerful bulwark against capitalist interests, …
Working the Phones
Control and Resistance in Call Centres
Häftad, 2016
210 kr
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*Shortlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed Award for Ethnography 2017**Winner of the 2016 Labor History Best Book prize*Over a million people in the UK work in call centres, and the phrase has become synonymous with low-paid and high stress work, dictatorial supervisors and an enforced …
