For�ea,ord: rebuilding the unity of the 'labour front' xiv
1Ie future of the global working class:
an introduction j
Andreas Bieler, ngcmnar Lindberg and Devan Pillay
T'-hcorecti�al and conceptual starting points 2
(Globalization, the 'working poor' and inequalityrv 8
A, brief overuiew Ibased on country reports Ii
r The contested politics of gender and irregular
cnjployment: revitalizing the South Korean
democratic labour movement 23
'e111f;r lihye Chun
Neoiibi}erala democratic regimes: breaking militant
un!onism 25
iabour mrarket resegmenritation: gender and the
e npa;sion of irregular employment 29
verconming exclusionary union isam: organizing
the periphery 32
Conclusion: the friction of new directions 42
3 Globalization and the informalization of labour:
the case of South Africa 45
Sea,n tiDlay
iitroduction 45
The transition to democracy in South Africa 45
The eorgainizatilon of L;iabour 48
The persistencc of poxverty and rising inequality .51
Union responses to the ch,llenges 54
Ond01 Us3 62
G5 H$fo Cal(a migrant labouIP rdl; emI i r1 g
; 'the nem, I aratit
6 2 d,.1 iios Thiln lblz : h)o HclV td 3 ' i s Ww- i 2 nitahie2
103 Iodd '11,110 and' 1'm
Pr :acu 8o
CBS2 g! 1 011 th
ThI glbxaization l0 f capital 0d iIs impact o the
world of formal aid infrmal work: cd"allengas
for and rpospwnir hom Arge.tie unMoO,s 9S
Iy\il RJr> b<
'he impai of neol2ibern gobaliJai2or on the
aiocialNorking-dass r
IThe hnformaliatioo of work it the formal and
IXo1Idf tos: growing. deInf rioiL aX0 on of I ages
R sporses by rnics to twrse c oaif rngcs 904
1Mai3 currel c1a/ l ig,) !/l
SNeoribra policies, Babour marikeit restra curig
ani socia} exclusi(n: BraziPs working.-iass response 1,5
Ki550 lak,n;'isc a.d 95cx sdrc d< Fs: ihI Iltw fS r F ol 1ii UcnldenclC 148'
h, ixad J(o I ebt': incillfp o iQnt, ififor:iin ty
d cxci1usio 92
l1 Siluai won in Jwpan un
"�;cibcoua ri i ni nNen U - 16h0 a,1 154( oici .':) 158
C allr0ges f cing tie Canadian labour mov rient
ir tb.C context of globalization, unemployment and
0:e cas-izaiion of labo ir 1 6i
TI bour marknt comtext 162
0_ ,ucte oI f the Canladian labot, ovemt�t 164
The i r Inrages I ;I d challenges of orgar,ii t168
S;haluingcs ioir the Canadian Ilbour (Aongcr�; 72
0 (�rman r;dec unions between neoblberal
:iritr ring, social partnership and in ernatnion aia sm 178
IC ii OflDbbusch and T1bor stnISchultin
iJi Fytah ;c:ity and impact of globalization 1
Cb,l <:;c ior trade mn *�,n 183
:'1:dme u Tio:nw' responses alndl stratctgi s 189
-t--oo : hat i to t (0 GnIttan ornw itClirlman I? 1s)
SSvdiIi - n ions and globalitation: labour
s ra; teges in a changing global order 199
cndr: Ai:ican
expe r e me 22)
Mozaibique: an alliance across the
forma i-inlformal dixide 202
Tlhe benefits and challengc s of or,ganiziznlg across
the formal]-inforn al divide 225
Glohba informality, international organizing and
scaling up alliances 227
(onclusion 229
Juterview; n w itm leaders' o informa or rkers
orgiizartion it Africa 229
13 European integration: a strategic level for trade
unio resistance to neoliberal restructuring and
for the promotion of political alterntativcs? 231
Azm/tnr s lieer ind Tlorstezz Schiilten
Introductioni 231
European integration and the myth o social IEurope 232
Trd tdenion ll Eiii op : a cojpar:ativx o,ercviewx 23.i.
T'Rade uniollns at the Europiean level: betwlie
asctial partn er and social movIlenlt 238
(onclusion: a alternartix strategy for
Eurmjpeayn ia bhour 243
14 A trade union ilternationalism for the 21st century:
meeting the challenges from above, below and
beyond 248
Pctcr Wati'l1r1ad
Inlt roduction 24S
Tlhe structures of interinational unionism 249
ILabour inlternationalism under globalization:
within and beyond unions 251
ihe global justice and solidarityv ovmnt and a
1bal civil society iin aic truction 1t55
',ntr asati ig the rclsponss i256
)estios remaining: a g2obl woking c lass
tqnl tiont alisi? 057
Ii W tiC str ategy for h he gobal Wio king claSs?
e ecd fr a iew V historical subt :264
)ivi>i 1 v ith 11 thc globai 1orki1g cas1: tehe
S t lI Il 69
siiitii f:', r Iore oifnsi ,tr towafrds
�it lltial solidarity 272
uding rmarks 282