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1、LaborInternationalismandtheContradictionsofGlobalization:Or,WhytheLocalisSometimesStillImportantinaGlobalEconomyAndrewHerodDepartmentofGeography,UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA,USA;e-mail:aherod@arches.uga.eduInthispaperIexaminetwocasestudiesofworkersfightingagainsttransnationallyorganizedcorporat
2、ions.Inthefirstcase,a1990–1992disputebetweentheUnitedSteelworkersofAmericaandtheRavenswoodAluminumCorporation,unionworkersdevelopedaninternationalcampaigntopressurethecorporationtorehirethemaftertheyhadbeenlockedoutinadisputeoverhealthandsafetyissues.Inthesecondcase,a1998disputebetweentheUnitedA
3、utoWorkersandGeneralMotors,strikesbyworkersatjusttwoplantsinFlint,Michiganoverthecorporation’splanstointroducenewworkrulesresultedinthevirtualshutdownofGMforseveralweeks.Drawingonthesetwocases,Isuggestthat,inchallengingtransnationallyorganizedemployers,workersmayonsomeoccasionsbestachievetheirgo
4、alsthroughengaginginpracticesoftransnationalsolidarityaimedatmatchingtheglobalorganizationoftheiremployer(“organizingglobally”),whereasonotheroccasionstheymaybeabletodosothroughhighlyfocusedlocalactions(“organizinglocally”)againststrategicpartsofacorporation.Ofcourse,whichofthesetwostrategiesism
5、ostlikelytosucceedinparticularcaseswilldependonacoterieofcontingencies,suchashowinterconnectedthecorporation’scomponentpartsare.However,thefactthatdifferentgeographicalstrategiesmaybeopentoworkerschallenginggloballyorganizedcapitalmeansatleasttwothings.First,someworkersmaynothavetoorganizeatthes
6、amegeographicalscale(ieglobally)ascorporationsinordertochallengethem.Second,throughtheirchoicesofwhichstrategytopursue,workersareclearlyshapingtheveryprocessofglobalizationitselfandthenewglobalgeographieswhichglobalizationisauguring.IntroductionGlobalizationcontinuestotransformthetime-spaceorgan
7、izationofcapitalism.Theshrinkingofrelativedistancesbetweenplacesandthespeedingupofsocialandeconomiclifethatiscentraltothistrans-formationarehavingsignificantimplicationsforworkersandunionstrategy.However,althoughneoliberalid
