Holgate, V orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-6981 (2015) An International Study of Trade Union Involvement in Community Organizing: Same Model, Different Outcomes. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53 (3). pp. 460-483. ISSN 0007-1080
Abstract
This article reports on a two-year study of union/community organizing in the UK, USA and Australia. It takes a particular model of organizing - that of the Industrial Areas Foundation - and analyses trade union engagement in coalition-building activity in each of the three countries. Findings show mixed approaches to working with community groups from ad hoc instrumentalism to deep coalition-building. While these variations may, in part, be explained by different industrial relations contexts, it appears that the 'fit' between ideology and culture of unions and their coalition partners, as well as the practices and strategies that reinforce this fit, have much greater effect on the attitude and behaviour of unions towards non-workplace-based organizing. The article contributes to debates about the conditions under which unions succeed (or not) in sustaining strong coalition-building beyond their traditional constituencies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/London School of Economics. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Holgate, J. (2014), An International Study of Trade Union Involvement in Community Organizing: Same Model, Different Outcomes. British Journal of Industrial Relations. doi: 10.1111/bjir.12098, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12098. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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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: | 10 Aug 2015 10:27 |
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2021 09:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12098 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjir.12098 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86014 |