What is it about?
This essay reviews McCallum's book on transnational labor governance. The major research question tackles in his book is: ‘How can global unions build local power?’
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Why is it important?
The conventional wisdom for global labor studies says that economic globalization and the free movement of capital would necessarily have unidirectional and devastating impacts on workers’ rights and the labor movement. However, this book takes a contrary stance, arguing that local campaigns coupled with labor transnationalism and its global governance struggles, have actually empowered local unions’ movement.
Perspectives
This review essay critically discusses the strengths and weaknesses of this book, particularly suggesting that the Global South (such as China, India, and Vietnam) could become a source of inspiration and encouragement for the labor movement in the West.
Dr Jake Lin
Universitat Bielefeld
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This page is a summary of: Book Review: Jamie K McCallum, Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of Transnational Labor OrganizingMcCallumJamie K, Global Unions, Local Power: The New Spirit of Transnational Labor Organizing, Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 2013; 210 pp..., International Sociology, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0268580915627095a.
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