POLT 219 - Work, Workers, and Trade Unions in Advanced Capitalist Societies

FC SSCI

4 credits
This course examines the nature and organization of work in capitalist societies, and the forms of labor organization created by workers. It is a comparative course, looking at Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and the United States. Among the topics covered are: conflict and cooperation in the workplace; the intersection of race, class, and gender at work; types of trade unionism; the labor process; new union strategies; and the role of the state and employers in the regulation of class relations.