Power and Counterpower : The Union Response to Global Capital

On the basis that 1995 was a turning point for the world's workers and trade unions, heralding a labour come-back, this work details the founding of the 20-million strong ICEM (International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Unions).

Declaring itself the "forerunner of the new global institutions of labour", the ICEM presents a detailed analysis of the modern world.

It insists that unions must provide what governments and others have not achieved - a real counterweight to the vast power of the multinational corporations.This book comprises the key ICEM texts.

Explaining their wider significnce, it expresses unions' concerns with the world's economy, analyzing the relationship between globalization and corporatization and the international labour movement.