CONTENTS -- ACRONYMS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND EDITORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- EDITORIAL OVERVIEW -- 1 SUSTAINABILITY AND UNIONS: INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ACTIONTO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABILITY NORMS AT CORPORATE LEVEL -- 2 SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL: BUILDING AND WOOD WORKERS'INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS -- 3 INTEGRATING LABOUR ISSUES IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS: EXPLORING IMPLICATIONS FOR LABOUR RESEARCH AND UNIONS -- 4 PAVING THE PATH TOWARD THE UNIONIZATION OF HIGH-TECH SWEATSHOPS -- 5 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING AND PROMOTING WORKER INTERESTS: SHAPING THE CORPORATION OF TOMORROW -- 6 MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN BULGARIA: IMPACT ON LABOUR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT -- 7 FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: THE PRACTICE OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN BRAZIL -- 8 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA -- 9 MIGRATION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARIBBEAN TRADE UNIONS -- 10 EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT,WORKERS AND MIGRATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE UNIONS INTHE UNITED KINGDOM AND POLAND -- 11 MORE THAN BANANAS: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NETWORKS AND LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE BANANA INDUSTRY IN THE URABÁ REGION OFCOLOMBIA -- 12 THE LABOUR PLATFORM: AN ALLIANCE OF TRADE UNIONSIN TURKEY -- 13 TRANSNATIONAL UNION NETWORKS, FEMINISM AND LABOUR ADVOCACY -- 14 ACTION RESEARCH IN THE GARMENT SECTOR IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA -- CONCLUSION.