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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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'.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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‘Union Organising’ — Past, Present and Future
Pages 1-9
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Union Organising in the US: New Tactics, Old Barriers
Pages 10-27
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Opening Pandora’s Box: The Paradox of Institutionalised Organising
Pages 28-44
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Social Partnership and Union Revitalisation: The Irish Case
Pages 45-61
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Union Organising in the Netherlands — a Combination of Organising and Servicing Strategies
Pages 62-78
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Future of Union Organising
- Book Subtitle
- Building for Tomorrow
- Editors
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- G. Gall
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-24088-9
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230240889
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-22242-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-30798-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 261
- Topics
