Cover -- The International Journal of Labour Research information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Global capital strategies and trade union responses: Towards transnational collective bargaining? Maarten Keune and Verena Schmidt -- A fair globalization The role of collective bargaining in stemming the rising tide of inequality in earnings and income. Susan Hayter -- Collective bargaining and transnational corporations in the global economy: Some theoretical considerations. Colin Crouch -- The transnational dimension to collective bargaining in a European context. Paul Marginson -- Collective bargaining: The context of Nepal. Umesh Upadhyaya -- Perspectives on collective bargaining in the global south: The case of South Africa. Simon Kimani Ndungu -- Global productionchains, relocation and financialization: The changed context of tradeunion distribution policy. Wolfgang Rhode -- Transnational collective bargaining coordination at the European sector level: The outlines and limits of a "European" system. Vera Glassner -- Transnational employer strategies and collective bargaining: The case of Europe. Ronald Janssen -- Hidden privatization in public education. Guntars Catlaks and Mireille Dekoning -- Leveraged buyouts, restructuring and collective bargaining. Ron Blum and Peter Rossman -- Collective bargaining and global capital strategies in Brazil. Ana Georgina da Silva Dias -- Wage determinationin outsourced multi-buyer apparel supply chains. Doug Miller -- Changing employment patterns and collective bargaining: The case of construction. Jan Cremers -- Back cover.