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|aCommunity unionism|h[electronic resource] :|ba comparative analysis of concept and contexts /|cedited by Jo McBride and Ian Greenwood.
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|aBasingstoke :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aNow that the Work is Done: Community Unionism in a Post-Industrial Context / C.Stephenson & D.Wray -- Contested Terrain: London's Living Wage Campaign and the Tensions between Community and Union Organizing / J.Holgate -- Strategies in Search of Structures: The Real World of Community Unionism in Relation to Black and Minority Ethnic Communities / M.Martinez Lucio & R.Perrett -- Polish Migrant Workers in the North: New Communities, New Opportunities / I.Fitzgerald -- Beyond Organized Labour in Japan: The Case Study of the Japan Community Union Federation / P.Stewart & E.I.Urano -- Immigrant Workers and Labour/Community Organisations in the United States / K.Moody -- Using their Sword of Justice: The NSW Teachers Federation and its Campaigns for Public Education between 2001 and 2004/ A.Tattersall -- Union Revitalisation and the CAW: Reconnecting Unions with Local Communities / I.Byford.
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|aDiscussion of what has been termed 'Community Unionism' (CU) traverses a range of disciplines, including geography, sociology and industrial relations. While the term is being used more extensively, it tends tobe loosely deployed and often in such a variety of ways as to generateas much confusion as clarity. This book draws out the different meanings, including a range of the variations, ofthe term CU. The case studies presented in this book raise a number of issues important to the process of CU and its potential for success, including the nature of CU; the impact of geography; the sustainability of CU initiatives; the role played by activists in building trust between trade unions,community and faith groups; the potential problems presented to traditional trade unionism in acting beyond the workplace; the diversity of CU initiatives and whether CU offers the prospect of an alternative form of trade unionism.
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|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2009.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on July 24, 2009).|nAccess may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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|aCommunity development|xEconomic aspects.
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|aCommunity development.
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|aLabor unions|xSocial aspects.
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|aGreenwood, Ian.
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|aMcBride, Jo.
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