TY - BOOK AU - Anner,Mark S. TI - Solidarity Transformed: Labor Responses to Globalization and Crisis in Latin America SN - 9780801449598 AV - HD6530.5 .A796 2011 U1 - 331.88098 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Ithaca, NY : PB - Cornell University Press, KW - Automobile industry workers KW - Labor unions KW - Latin America KW - Clothing workers KW - Globalization KW - Labor movement KW - Solidarity KW - Labor History KW - Latin American & Caribbean Studies KW - Political Science & Political History KW - HISTORY / Latin America / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Acronyms --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Segmented Production, Fragmented Labor --; 3. Transnational Activist Campaigns and the Anti-Sweatshop Movement in El Salvador and Honduras --; 4. Labor's Radical Flank Mechanism in Central America --; 5. Transnational Labor Networks in the Brazilian Auto Industry --; 6. Microcorporatism in Argentine and Brazilian Auto Plants --; 7. Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Mark S. Anner spent ten years working with labor unions in Latin America and returned to conduct eighteen months of field research: he found himself in the middle of violent raids, was detained and interrogated in a Salvadoran basement prison cell, and survived a bombing in a union cafeteria. This experience as a participant observer informs and enlivens Solidarity Transformed, an illustrative, nuanced, and insightful account of how labor unions in Latin America are developing new strategies to defend the interests of the workers they represent in dynamic global and local contexts. Anner combines in-depth case studies of the auto and apparel industries in El Salvador, Honduras, Brazil, and Argentina with survey analysis. Altogether, he documents approximately seventy labor campaigns-both successful and failed-over a period of twenty years.Anner finds that four labor strategies have dominated labor campaigns in recent years: transnational activist campaigns; transnational labor networks; radical flank mechanisms; and microcorporatist worker-employer pacts. The choice of which strategy to pursue is shaped by the structure of global supply chains, access to the domestic political process, and labor identities. Anner's multifaceted approach is both rich in anecdote and supported by quantitative research. The result is a book in which labor activists find new and creative ways to support their members and protect their organizations in the midst of political change, global restructuring, and economic crises UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460579 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801460579 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801460579/original ER -