Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 3
4. 1 Anthropologists, Activists, and the Labor Movement 33
5. Industry
6. 2 The Gift of Labor 61
7. 3 Trade Unions, Labor Conflict, and Contested Institutions in the Swiss Construction Industry 87
8. 4 Union Power and Transnational Corporations in the Argentine Steel Industry 111
9. 5 Agents of Change or Status Quo? 135
10. 6 Labor Struggles in the Shipbuilding Industry of Piraeus 161
11. 7 The Struggle for Labor Rights in the Maquiladoras of Northern Mexico 185
12. Agriculture
13. 8 Growers, Unions, and Farm Laborers in Mexico’s Baja California 209
14. 9 Policies, Economic Forces, Class Relations, and Unions in Spain’s Strawberry Fields 233
15. Retail and service
16. 10 Subcontracted Employment and the Labor Movement’s Response in Turkey 261
17. 11 Organized Labor in Contemporary Israeli Retail Chains 287
18. 12 National Unions, International Capital, and Bank Workers 311
19. Conclusion 337
20. Notes on the Authors 353
21. Index 355