Worker Activism After Successful Union Organizing

Shows how different levels of worker participation during a union organizing campaign influence the perceptions and actions of those same workers after the campaign ends, and, thereby, the long-term effectiveness and success of the organizing effort. Drawing on historical and current examples, the author analyzes the political and economic contexts within which today's unions are organizing, including a detailed examination of the impact of the Wagner Act.

List of contents

Introduction After the Organizing Ends; Chapter 1 Historical Challenges and Contemporary Innovations; Chapter 2 Participatory Democracy: Its Possibilities and Consequences; Chapter 3 Conflict and Cohesion: Worker Activism Before the Organizing Campaigns; Chapter 4 The Organizing Campaigns at Bob’s Grocery Stores and Geofelt Manufacturing; Chapter 5 Building Union Frameworks; Chapter 6 The Contract Period and Beyond: Activism and Efficacy Among Workers; concl Conclusion Organizing as Process: Is Participation the Solution?;

About the author

Linda Markowitz

Summary

Shows how different levels of worker participation during a union organizing campaign influence the perceptions and actions of those same workers after the campaign ends, and, thereby, the long-term effectiveness and success of the organizing effort. Drawing on historical and current examples, the author analyzes the political and economic contexts within which today's unions are organizing, including a detailed examination of the impact of the Wagner Act.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Markowitz, Markowitz Linda
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.1999
• EAN: 9780765604927
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0492-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, United States of America, USA, Strikes, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions