Organizing to Win New Research on Union Strategies

Name: Organizing to Win New Research on Union Strategies
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ISBN: 9780801484469

ISBN-10: 0801484464

ISBN-13: 9780801484469

Edition: 1998

Authors: Kate Bronfenbrenner, Sheldon Friedman, Richard W. Hurd, Rudolph A. Oswald, Ronald L. Seeber

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 1/8/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Conclusion



Building a Framework for Sustainable Organizing



It Takes More Than House Calls: Organizing to Win with a Comprehensive Union-Building Strategy


Conclusions



Beyond the Organizing Model



The Role of Central Labor Councils



Community-Based Organizing outside the Nlrb



Building Relationships for the Long Haul: Unions and Community-Based Groups Working Together to Organize Low-Wage Workers



Organizing Immigrant Communities: Unite's Workers Center Strategy



Helots No More: a Case Study of the Justice for Janitors Campaign in Los Angeles



Involving Members and Allies in Organizing



Rank-And-File Participation in Organizing at Home and Abroad


Conclusion: No Substitute for Participation



Utilizing the Membership to Organize the Unorganized


Summary


Concluding Thoughts



Finding the Community in the Union and the Union in the Community: The First-Contract Campaign at Steeltech



Determinants of Individual Support for Unions



Fear, Conflict, and Union Organizing



A Comparative Case Study of Union Organizing Success and Failure: Implications for Practical Strategy



Winning Hearts and Minds in the Era of Employee-Involvement Programs



Union Voting Intentions: Human Resource Policies, Organizational Characteristics, and Attitudes



In the Community or in the Union? the Impact of Community Involvement on Nonunion Worker Attitudes about Unionizing



Organizing Strategies for Changing Industry Environments



Preparing for the Worst: Organizing and Staying Organized in the Public Sector


Conclusions



The Impact of the Changing Structure of the Coal Industry on Umwa Organizing



Creating an Organizing Culture in Today's Building and Construction Trades



Construction Organizing



Steeling for Change


References


Contributors


Index