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Local Union Strategies in Cross-Border Alliances: From Defensive Isolation to Proactive Solidarity

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: christian.levesque{at}hec.ca.

	Abstract

Do the restructuring of production networks, the decentralization of collective bargaining, and the rearticulation of work sites one to another across borders prompt local unions to engage in cross-border solidarities? Drawing on three cases in Mexico and three cases in Canada, this study identifies three patterns of local union involvement in cross-border alliances: defensive isolationism, risk aversion, and proactive solidarity. Four factors are associated with greater union involvement in cross-border alliances: local union power resources, especially discursive capacity or narrative framing; the orientation of the national or industry union; the thickness of and resources provided by international regulation; and the articulation between these different levels.

First published on December 4, 2008
Labor Studies Journal 2008, doi:10.1177/0160449X08326526


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