ILRIC 6320 - [Comparative Labor Movements: Europe and the United States]

(crosslisted)
(also GOVT 6413)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Next offered 2014-2015. Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

L. Turner.

This advanced course examines labor union revitalization strategies in the United States and Europe in the context of today’s global economy. The practical focus is on union strategies: recent innovations, successes and failures, and current debates within the labor movements of various countries of the global North, including the US, UK, Germany and France. A central focus is the link between union decline and rising inequality, and the role of both traditional and non-traditional forms of collective representation in reversing inequality for a more sustainable economy.