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Volume 14, numbers 1&2
Guest editorial
Trade union and NGO relations in development and social justice
Alan LeatherSection 1: Alliances and tensions between trade unions and NGOs
Trade unions and NGOs: the need for cooperation
Dave SpoonerBuilding bridges across a double divide: alliances between US and Latin American labour and NGOs
Mark Anner and Peter EvansTime to scale up cooperation? Trade unions, NGOs, and the international anti-sweatshop movement
Tim ConnorInternational NGOs and unions in the South: worlds apart or allies in the struggle?
Deborah EadeOrganising citizenship at Local 890’s Citizenship Project: unleashing innovation through an affiliate organisation
Paul JohnstonThe trade union solution or the NGO problem? The fight for global labour rights
Joseph Roman
Section 2: Experiences of union-based NGOsThe Global Workplace – challenging the race to the bottom
Jackie SimpkinsWorking at the intersection—a story from Australia
Ken DavisRepresenting labour in India
Pravin Sinha
Section 3: Workers in the informal and maquila economyOrganising home-based workers in the global economy: An action-research approach
Ruth PearsonNever the twain shall meet? Women’s organisations and trade unions in the maquila industry in Central America
Marina Prieto and Carolina QuinterosBeyond the barriers: new forms of labour internationalism
Angela HaleSpreading manufacturing growth gains through local jobs: lessons from the Guatemalan highlands
Omar OrtezImplementing ILO Child Labour Convention 182: lessons from Honduras
Leslie Groves
Section 4: Workplace codes of conductWho should code your conduct? Trade union and NGO differences in the fight for workers’ rights
Rainer Braun and Judy GearhartSweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment
Ronnie D. LipschutzTrade unions, NGOs, and corporate codes of conduct
Lance CompaWorkplace codes as tools for workers
Neil Kearney and Judy Gearhart
Section 5: Case studiesUnited we stand: labour unions and human rights NGOs in the democratisation process in Nigeria
E. Remi AiyedeCombining worker and user interests in the health sector: trade unions and NGOs
Jane LethbridgeMore than a token gesture: NGOs and trade unions campaigning for a common cause
Jonathan EllisTrade unions and women’s NGOs: diverse civil society organisations in Iran
Elaheh Rostami Povey‘The Sword of Justice’: South Pacific trade unions and NGOs during a decade of lost development
Satendra Prasad and Darryn Snell
Relations between NGOs and trade unions: the case of Ukraine
Dodina YevgeniyaReview Essay
Gereffi, Gary, David Spener and Jennifer Blair (eds.)
Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry after NAFTA
Philadelphia, PA: Temple Press, 2002, ISBN: 1 5663 9968 8, 368 pp.
reviewed by
Luz María de la Mora
Trade Representative of the Mexican Ministry of Economy at the EU, BrusselsBook reviews
Jenkins, Rhys , Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang (eds.)
Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy
London: Earthscan, 2002, ISBN: 1 85383 931, 232 pp.
reviewed by
Deborah Doane
Programme Director, Transforming Markets, New Economics Foundation, London
Tomasevski, Katarina
The Right to Education Denied: Costs and Remedies
London: Zed Books, 2003, ISBN: 1 84277 251 1, 205 pp.
reviewed by
Anne Jellema
Advocacy Coordinator, Global Campaign for Education, Cape TownVeneKlasen, Lisa with Valerie Miller
A New Weave of Power, People & Politics: The action Guide for Advocacy and Citizen Participation
Oklahoma City, OK: World Neighbors, 2002, ISBN: 0 942716 17 5, 346 pp.
reviewed by
John Ruthrauff
Senior Policy Analyst, Oxfam America, Washington, DC
Clark, John (ed.)
Globalizing Civic Engagement: Civil Society and Transnational Action
London: Earthscan, 2003, ISBN: 1 85383 989 2, 194 pp.
reviewed by
Janet Hunt
Senior Lecturer in International Development, School of Social Science and Planning, RMIT University, Melbourne
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