Looker, G (2019) Union organising and Full‐time Officers: acquiescence and resistance. Industrial Relations Journal, 50 (5-6). pp. 517-531. ISSN 0019-8692
Abstract
In the mid‐1990s, the TUC relaunched itself with a strategy for renewal labelled ‘new unionism’. The strategy had two strands: partnership with employers and the promotion among affiliate unions of grassroots union organising. The latter, heavily influenced by US and Australian experience, saw possibilities for a more radical trade unionism in the UK. This article draws on a case study of Unison to analyse the organising strand of new unionism. It identifies how top‐down approaches to organising are distorted by union bureaucracy for the priority of recruitment, not only limiting the possibility of emerging union radicalisation but also restricting the ability of trade unions to represent their members. The article also identifies that the position of union Full‐time Officers is complex and not necessarily within a uniform union bureaucracy juxtaposed to and restraining a more radical union rank and file.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Looker, G (2019) Union organising and Full‐time Officers: acquiescence and resistance. Industrial Relations Journal, 50 (5-6). pp. 517-531. ISSN 0019-8692 which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12266 . This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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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: | 28 Apr 2020 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/irj.12266 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159239 |