Holgate, J orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-6981 (2018) The Sydney Alliance: a broad-based community organising potential for trade union transformation? Economic and Industrial Democracy, 39 (2). pp. 312-331. ISSN 0143-831X
Abstract
This article reports on a study of trade union involvement in Sydney Alliance–a broad-based community coalition organising for the ‘common good’. The paper explores 3 main issues: the factors motivating unions to get involved in community-based organising; whether unions have the resources and capabilities to maintain long-term involvement with organisations outside the labour movement; and whether or not engagement creates the potential for rethinking union organising. Findings suggest that taking part in Sydney Alliance has created opportunities for unions to reflect and act upon internal organisational change to facilitate revitalisation and member participation; to improve the public image of unions and their engagement with civil society networks; and to counteract the loss of political influence with the Labor Party. At the same time, union contribution to the coalition has also proved difficult to sustain, in the main because of the lack of strategic capability of unions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, The Author. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Economic and Industrial Democracy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Civil society; coalitions; community unionism; organisational change; strategic capability; Sydney Alliance; trade unions; union organising |
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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: | 30 Oct 2015 10:11 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2018 10:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15618451 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0143831X15618451 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91311 |