Union organizing : campaigning for trade union recognition / edited by Gregor Gall ; with a foreword by Sheldon Friedman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gall, Gregor.

Series:

Routledge studies in employment relations.

Routledge studies in employment relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Great Britain.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 270 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After many years of indifferent decline, trade union membership is now being revitalized; strategies known as 'union organizing' are being used to recruit and re-energize unions around the globe. This book considers exactly how trade unions are working to do this and provides a much-needed evaluation of these rebuilding strategies. By comparing historical and contemporary case studies to assess the impact of various organizing campaigns, this book assesses the progress of unions across Europe and America. It raises key debates about the organizing culture and considers the impact of recent union recognition laws on employers and the government's Fairness at Work policy. A topical and in-depth study into the experiences of trade unions across Europe and America, this is a comprehensive and thought provoking book which is essential reading for those in the industrial relations field.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction / Gregor Gall

chapter 2 Organizing the unorganized: union recruitment strategies in American transnationals, c. 1945-1977

Union recruitment strategies in American transnationals, / c. 1945-1977 Bill Knox and Alan McKinlay

chapter 3 Organizing in the offshore oil and gas industry in Britain, c. 1972-1990

A long burning flame or a spark that has gone out? / Gregor Gall

chapter 4 Trade union recruitment policy in Britain

Form and effects / Edmund Heery

chapter 5 Employer opposition to union recognition / Gregor Gall

chapter 6 Union organizing in a not-for-profit organization / Melanie Simms

chapter 7 Organizing in electronics: recruitment, recognition and representation shadow shop stewards in Scotland's Silicon Glen

Recruitment, recognition and representation shadow shop stewards in Scotland's Silicon Glen / Patricia Findlay

chapter 8 Organizing in transport and travel

Learning lessons from TSSA's Seacat campaign / Jane Wills

chapter 9 Call center organizing in adversity

From Excell to Vertex / Phil Taylor

chapter 10 Comparisons and prospects

Industrial relations and trade unions in North America and Britain / Brian Towers

chapter 11 Union organizing in the United States / Jack Fiorito

chapter 12 Union recognition in Germany

A dual system of industrial relations with two recognition problems / Otto Jacobi

chapter 13 Conclusion

Drawing up a balance sheet / Gregor Gall.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-258) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-49773-3

1-134-49774-1

0-203-16604-3

0-203-28092-X

1-280-07009-9

9780203166048

OCLC:

808013919