Continental crucible : big business, workers and unions in the transformation of North America by Roman, Richard, Arregui, Edur Velasco; Watkins, Mel; Early, Steve instant download

Continental crucible : big business, workers and unions in the transformation of North America by Roman, Richard, Arregui, Edur Velasco; Watkins, Mel; Early, Steve instant download

1 online resource, \"The crucible of North American neoliberal transformation is heating up, but its outcome is far from clear. Examining the clash between the corporate offensive and the forces of resistance from both pan-continental and class-struggle perspectives, the authors argue that the failure of traditional labour responses has led workers to explore new strategies of struggle, including a continental labour movement. This expanded edition examines developments in the offensive of North American big business, especially the blitzkrieg of constitutional reforms in Mexico in 2013-14. This crisis and its implications for the North American left and labour movements are explored in greater depth. This edition also includes new material from Leo Panitch and Steve Early, as well as the original preface by Mel Watkins.\"--Publisher's website, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record, Introduction: The Crucible of North American Transformation -- Part I: The Big Business Offensive: Continental Integration and the Class Offensive from Above -- The North American Corporate Offensive: The United States -- The North American Corporate Offensive: Canada -- The North American Corporate Offensive: Mexico -- The North American Corporate Offensive: NAFTA -- Part II: The Two Binationalisms: Immigrants, Workers and Unions -- Mexican Immigration and the U.S. Labour Market -- Continental Integration from Below: The History of Transnational Labour Markets and Labour Movements in North America -- Part III: Workers and Unions: Responses and Continental Integration from Below -- Fighting Back: Workers, Unions, and Continental Solidarity -- Fighting Back: The Mexican Spark? -- Fighting Back: The Seeds of Worker Continentalism -- Epilogue: Rising from the Ashes of NAFTA