The new union avoidance internationalism. (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Logan, John
• Is Part Of: Work, organisation, labour & globalisation. Volume 13:Number 2(2019)
• Page Start: 57
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: union avoidance -- global framework agreements -- international standards -- multinational corporations -- labour law; Work -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; Division of labor -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- Periodicals; Division of labor; Industrial relations; Labor; Work; Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.13.2.0057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-6428

Abstract

Abstract : Since the 1950s, large management-side law firms have helped corporations in the USA resist union organising campaigns. Their sophisticated techniques and aggressive tactics have made it extraordinarily difficult for unions to organise in the private sector. Over the past decade, several large law firms that specialise in union avoidance have internationalised their operations, opening offices in Latin America, Europe and Asia, forming international alliances and using global standards to attack labour organisation and undermine labour rights. This article analyses the global union avoidance activities of the two largest management-side labour law firms in the USA: Littler Mendelson and Ogletree Deakins.