While 'union organising' has developed over time and in many different environments, it has become apparent that a number of key problems have developed. Evaluating its efficacy in terms of union strategies, tactics, styles and resources, this title outlines a number of strategies for improving these deficiences.

Union Organising' – Past, Present and Future; G.Gall Union Organising in the US: New Tactics, Old Barriers; K.Moody Opening Pandora's Box: The Paradox of Institutionalised Organising; S.Cohen Social Partnership and Union Revitalisation: The Irish Case; K.Allen Union Organising in the Netherlands: A Combination of Organising and Servicing Strategies; M.van Klaveren  & W.Sprenger Reinvention of Activism: A Chance for Union Renewal in New Market Economies? The Case of Poland; A.Mrozowicki , V.Pulignano  & G.van Hootegem The 'Servicing Organising Community Continuum': Where are Australian Unions Today?; M.Jerrard , S.Cockfield  & D.Buttigieg Labour Union Strategies in the European Union Steel Sector; D.Stroud  & P.Fairbrother CleanStart: Fighting for a Fair Deal for Cleaners; M.Crosby Organising Immigrants: State Policy and Union Organising Tactics in the Republic of Ireland; M.Gonzalez-Perez , T.Dundon  & T.McDonough Union Organising with 'Old' and 'New' Industrial Relations Actors: Sex Workers in Australia and the United States; G.Gall Reconstructing Construction Unionism: Beyond Top-down and Bottom-up; D.Belman  & A.Smith Contrasts and Contradictions in Union Organising: The Irish Mushroom Industry; F.Arqueros-Fernández Union Renewal and Young People: Some Positive Indications from British Supermarkets; I.Byford