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The Future of Union Organising

Building for Tomorrow

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Gregor Gall

    1. Centre for Research in Employment Studies, University of Hertfordshire, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. ‘Union Organising’ — Past, Present and Future

    • Gregor Gall
    Pages 1-9

  3. Union Organising in the US: New Tactics, Old Barriers

    • Kim Moody
    Pages 10-27

  4. Opening Pandora’s Box: The Paradox of Institutionalised Organising

    • Sheila Cohen
    Pages 28-44

  5. Social Partnership and Union Revitalisation: The Irish Case

    • Kieran Allen
    Pages 45-61

  6. Union Organising in the Netherlands — a Combination of Organising and Servicing Strategies

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Wim Sprenger
    Pages 62-78

  7. Reinvention of Activism: A Chance for Union Renewal in New Market Economies? The Case of Poland

    • Adam Mrozowicki, Valeria Pulignano, Geert van Hootegem
    Pages 79-96

  8. The ‘Servicing-Organising-Community Continuum’: Where Are Australian Unions Today?

    • Marjorie Jerrard, Sandra Cockfield, Donna Buttigieg
    Pages 97-113

  9. Labour Union Strategies in the European Union Steel Sector

    • Dean Stroud, Peter Fairbrother
    Pages 114-130

  10. CleanStart — Fighting for a Fair Deal for Cleaners

    • Michael Crosby
    Pages 131-149

  11. Organising Immigrants: State Policy and Union-Organising Tactics in the Republic of Ireland

    • Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Tony Dundon, Terrence McDonough
    Pages 150-174

  12. Union Organising with ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Industrial Relations Actors: Sex Workers in Australia and the United States

    • Gregor Gall
    Pages 175-186

  13. Reconstructing Construction Unionism: Beyond Top-Down and Bottom-Up

    • Dale Belman, Allen Smith
    Pages 187-204

  14. Contrasts and Contradictions in Union Organising: The Irish Mushroom Industry

    • Francisco Arqueros-Fernández
    Pages 205-222

  15. Union Renewal and Young People: Some Positive Indications from British Supermarkets

    • Iona Byford
    Pages 223-238

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 239-261
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Research in Employment Studies, University of Hertfordshire, UK

    Gregor Gall

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GREGOR GALL is Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Centre for Research in Employment Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. His previous work includes two edited volumes on union organising and books on postal workers, the labour movement in Scotland, sex workers, and finance workers. He writes regular columns for the Morning Star, Solidarity and The Guardian's 'comment is free'.

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