The International Trade Union Confederation and Global Civil Society: ITUC collaborations and their impact on transnational class formation

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dc.contributor.authorHuxtable, David
dc.contributor.supervisorCarroll, William K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-10T21:43:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-10T21:43:33Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2017-01-10
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines collaborations between the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and non-union elements of global civil society (GCS). GCS is presented as a crucial emergent site of transnational class formation, and ITUC collaborations within this field are treated as potentially important moments in transnational class formation. The goal of the dissertation is threefold. It seeks to 1) address the lacuna in GCS studies around the involvement of organized labour; 2) provide an analysis of what ITUC GCS collaborations mean for the remit and repertoire of action of the ITUC; and 3) provide an analysis of the impact of ITUC collaborations on transnational class formation. What the findings show is that the ITUC is heavily engaged in GCS through numerous collaborations with non-union organizations concerned with environmental degradation, human rights, global economic inequality, and women workers. Most significantly, collaboration within GCS has provided the ITUC an avenue to incorporate the needs of marginalized women workers whose work does not “fit” into the traditional model of trade union organizing. These findings lead to the conclusion that these collaborations have allowed the ITUC to expand the remit of its activities beyond “bread-and-butter” unionism, and expand its repertoire of action beyond interstate diplomacy. However, the findings do not support the idea that the ITUC has adopted a social movement framework, although it is clear that the ethos of social movement unionism has had an impact on the organization. Nonetheless, the dissertation concludes that the incorporation of marginalized women workers, and the active engagement of the ITUC in global environmental policy debates, signifies a new moment in transnational class formation.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0629en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0703en_US
dc.description.proquestemaildavidbhuxtable@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationHuxtable, David. 2008. The Failing Strategy of International Trae Unionism. Saarbrüken, Germany: VDM Verlag. Huxtable, David. 2009. “A Most Curious Lack of Curiosity: Global Unions as the Missing Link in Labour Movement Studies.” Journal of Socialist Studies 5(1):23.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7738
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectInternational Domestic Worker Federationen_US
dc.subjectInternational Trade Union Confederationen_US
dc.subjecttrade unions, Indiaen_US
dc.subjecttrade unions, internationalen_US
dc.subjectsocial movement unionismen_US
dc.subjectSelf Employed Women's' Associationen_US
dc.subjecttransnational class formationen_US
dc.subjecttransnational labour movementsen_US
dc.subjectglobal civil societyen_US
dc.subjectglobal social movement unionismen_US
dc.subjectdomestic worker conventionen_US
dc.subjectdomestic worker organizingen_US
dc.subjectdomestic workersen_US
dc.subjectcollaborationen_US
dc.subjectclass fractionsen_US
dc.subjectcritical realismen_US
dc.subjecttransnational labour movementsen_US
dc.subjectglobal labouren_US
dc.titleThe International Trade Union Confederation and Global Civil Society: ITUC collaborations and their impact on transnational class formationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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