Unions and Legitimacy / Gary N. Chaison, Barbara Bigelow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaison, Gary N., author.

Bigelow, Barbara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consensus (Social sciences)--United States.

Consensus (Social sciences).

Labor unions--Recognition--United States.

Labor unions.

Political Science & Political History.

Sociology & Social Science.

Local Subjects:

Political Science & Political History.

Sociology & Social Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitimacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization.Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the AFL-CIO associate membership campaign, the fight against NAFTA, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association Campaign for Safe Care. The cases show the need for unions to move beyond pragmatic concerns and link their activities to the broader interests of their constituencies, demonstrating not only that they offer something tangible in return for support (pragmatic legitimacy) but also that they are doing the right thing (moral legitimacy).Chaison and Bigelow's work has practical implications for the management of unions' core activities-organizing, collective bargaining, and political action.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1. Legitimacy Matters-But What Is It?

CHAPTER 2. Who Confers Legitimacy on Unions?

CHAPTER 3. Managing Pragmatic Legitimacy

CHAPTER 4. Gaining Moral Legitimacy

CHAPTER 5. What Can Legitimacy Tell Us about the State of the Unions?

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780801435126

0801435129

9781501722523

1501722522

OCLC:

1083582565