Social Movement Unionism or Social Justice Unionism? Disentangling Theoretical Confusion within the Global Labor Movement [PDF]
Class Race Corporate Power, 2014 After the election of John Sweeney as President of the AFL-CIO in October 1995, activists and supportive intellectuals in the United States began thinking about how to revitalize the almost moribund American labor movement. A key part of this literature has revolved around the concept of “social movement unionism.” This term touched a nerve, and has ...
Kim Scipes, Scipes, Kim
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The internet and the politics and processes of trade unionism [PDF]
, 2006 This thesis explores the implications of the internet for the politics and processes of trade unionism. Michels' classic formulation on the "iron law of oligarchy" and its grounding in a communications based theory of leadership domination is presented ...
Hogan, John Michael Christopher
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How social movement unionism helped shape the 2006 immigrant rights marches in L.A. [PDF]
, 2015 Labor scholars have long advocated social movement unionism as a strategy to revitalize the American labor movement, but how is social movement unionism practiced?
Engeman, Cassandra
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Evolution or revolution in the labor movement : business unionism versus social unionism. [PDF]
, 2006 This is a study of the American labor movement, particularly how national labor policy is enacted at the local level. Specific differences between business unionism and social movement unionism, as defined in the literature, are combined and analyzed ...
Shumate, Jo Ann, 1958-
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[Review of the Book 'Success While Others Fail: Social Movement Unionism and the Public Workplace'] [PDF]
, 1997 [Excerpt] In this splendid book, Paul Johnston applies his broad understanding of contemporary social theory to an analysis of a series of carefully matched field research cases to achieve genuine theoretical insights.
Colvin, Alexander
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What Came Before: Remembering Movements with Philadelphia’s Teacher-Organizers
Critical Education, 2021 This article discusses the relationship between the contemporary teacher movement and the social, political, and labor movements of the past. Using interviews with Philadelphia teacher-organizers, this investigation highlights specific past movements ...
Dana Morrison
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The Politics of Unionisation in Hong Kong: An Interview with Dr Bill Taylor
Global Labour Journal, 2021 Unions in Hong Kong played an important role in the historical develoopment of civil society and labour rights long before the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Hong Yu Liu
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El Frente Único, las Alianzas Obreras y el Frente Popular
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2011 The positions adopted by anarchists and anarcho-syndicalists against cooperation with other working-class forces were fuelled by fear of losing their organisations’ ideological independence.
Rocío Navarro Comas
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Critical Education, 2022 The return of the Conservatives to power in Ontario, Canada in 2018 saw major attacks on the province’s K-12 education system, centering on increases to class size and mandatory e-learning courses for students which, taken together with other budget cuts,
Paul Bocking
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Union Democracy and Labour Rights: A Cautionary Tale
Global Labour Journal, 2011 In recent years, trade unions in Canada have become increasingly reliant on constructing workers’ rights as part of the broader rubric of human rights.
Brad Walchuk
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