The fall-out from the 2008 global financial crisis and subsequent European debt crisis has put labor unions on the defensive. Although these crises were largely precipitated by agents of capital, unions have been unable to assert themselves as a political counterweight to big business and finance. They have instead endured a number of political offensives […]
Alison Johnston, Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
Alison Johnston is an Assistant Professor in Political Science and Public Policy at Oregon State University. Kerstin Hamann is Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida. John Kelly is Professor of Industrial Relations in the Department of Management, Birkbeck College, University of London.