"Globalization, Restructuring and Unions: Transnational Co-ordination and Varieties of Labour Engagement"

Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. Érudit offre des services d'édition numérique de documents scientifiques depuis 1998. Note : les règles d'écriture des références bibliographiques peuvent varier selon les différents domaines du savoir. Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter à l'URI the structure, content and space of union transnational coordination are much richer and complex than simply revolving around tensions and relations between bureaucrats and local activists. this is illustrated through the etuc trAce project, a study of a managed and steered form of international union coordination. Drawing on this study, this paper discerns a form of coordination that worked across various dimensions of action (i.e. " influencing " politics and " communicating " policy), various political relations (internal and external relations) and different organizational levels (micro and macro). By adding original material to the existing literature, the paper stresses the relevance of the project and the various dimensions for appreciating the problems unions face in establishing and sustaining effective cross-national coordination and a supportive environment of " union learning ". the trAce project acknowledged the need to build coordination through a variety of means and serves as an invaluable insight and lesson into more managed and conscious forms of coordination. introduction Transnational and cross-national company restructuring is one of the core challenges unions are facing in the context of globalization. The reorganization of production and services across (and within) countries, as well as the increasing mobility of capital and the associated ability of management to benchmark across different production units by securing concessions on pay and working