Cha, JM, Holgate, J orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-6981 and Yon, K (2018) Emergent Cultures of Activism: Young People and the Building of Alliances Between Unions and Other Social Movements. Work and Occupations, 45 (4). pp. 451-474. ISSN 0730-8884
Abstract
This article considers emergent cultures of activism among young people in the labor movement. The authors question whether unions should reconsider creating different forms of organization to make themselves relevant to new generations of workers. Our comparative case study research from the United States, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom—where young people are engaged in “alter-activism” and unions have successfully recruited and included young workers—shows that there is potential for building alliances between trade unions and other social movements. The authors suggest that emerging cultures of activism provide unions with a way of appealing to wider and more diverse constituencies.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The Authors. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Work and Occupations. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | young workers; labor unions; alter-activism; social movements; community alliances |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2018 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2018 15:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0730888418785977 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131889 |