Using Their Sword of Justice: The NSW Teachers Federation and its Campaigns for Public Education Between 2001 and 2004

Tattersall, Amanda

doi:10.1057/9780230242180_8

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“…The first proposition is taken from the union revitalization literature and suggests that CSOs and the constituencies they represent share common interests with trade unions and that these furnish a basis for cooperation (Bradley and Healy, 2008;Tattersall, 2009). The second proposition can also be derived from the literature on union revitalization and particularly from empirical studies that point to difficulties encountered in forging union-community coalitions (Fine, 2007;Holgate, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Civil society organizations and trade unions: cooperation, conflict, indifference

Heery

Williams

Abbott

2012

Work, Employment and Society

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Sociologists of labour have explored the relationship of trade unions to other social movements and the conditions that allow 'coalitions across the class divide' to be formed. This article examines this question by presenting evidence on the interaction between trade unions and other civil society organizations in the UK; that is, advocacy, identity and single-issue, campaigning organizations. It finds that there is no single, dominant relationship but rather a complex pattern of cooperation, conflict and indifference.

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Civil society organizations and trade unions: cooperation, conflict, indifference

Heery

Williams

Abbott

2012

Work, Employment and Society

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“…It has dispelled the myth commonly held by unions that immigrant workers cannot be organized (Tattersall, 2009). Mobilization has also politicized workers and transformed members of the Latino community into a powerful political and voting bloc that U.S. political parties have had to take notice of.…”

Section: Lessons From the Los Angeles Immigrant Labor Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trade Unions and Social Work: Lessons from Canada

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…Community unionism can be viewed as a response to the decline in union membership over recent years in both advanced and emerging economies, and as a strategy used to enable revitalization and renewal through reaching those who have traditionally remained outside of trade unions (Wills, 2001;Tattersall, 2009). It has been simply defined as "trade unions acting in concert with nonworkplace-based community organizations" (Greenwood and McBride, 2009: 211), and in many respects can be regarded as echoing the traditional trajectory and role of unions (Clawson, 2003).…”

Section: Community Unionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Firstly, unions may not share similar interests or concerns as community organizations (see Tattersall, 2009;Cockfield et al, 2010). The latter may have been established for a wide range of reasons, some of which may not directly relate to unions' concerns (Osterman, 2006).…”

Section: Community Unionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, relationships can change over time, moving from ad hoc relationships, to support coalitions for single issue campaigns, to mutual support coalitions with greater bonds of trust and an element of shared decision-making, through to deep coalitions, which have commitment from union leadership, and embrace communitywide concerns, and provision of financial resources. These changes can lead trade unions to change existing structures in order to adapt to engagement with community organizations (see Tattersall, 2009), or merely adjust existing strategies to address the needs of different groups of workers (Wills, 2001;Heery et al, 2004).…”

Section: Community Unionismmentioning

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Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

Dibben¹,

Nadin²

2011

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Analysis of findings suggests that community unionism is vibrant within Mozambique. Trade union engagement with the main community organization representing the informal economy appears to be a key element of its revitalization strategy; both parties are benefiting from the relationship, and it appears to be sustainable. However, certain questions arise regarding its longer-term viability. Firstly, ASSOTSI represents those working illegally, while the OTM focuses on workers in formal employment. Secondly, OTM has a close relationship with the government due to its socialist past, yet ASSOTSI has a more tentative relationship with the government. Thirdly, ASSOTSI represents only African workers. Furthermore, senior figures in the OTM now seem to be re-considering the value of sustaining an affiliate model that includes all of the informal economy (including both owners and workers), and instead are contemplating setting up a union to represent informal sector workers.This article draws on in-depth research to investigate how community unionism has been employed in Mozambique, an emerging economy in Africa. In doing so, it asks whether engagement with community organizations is characterized by a strategic or piecemeal approach, the degree to which there are mutual benefits for the trade union and the community organization, and whether the relationship is sustainable in the longer term.Against the background of liberalization, privatization and financial crisis, unions face a declining number of core members. In emerging economies such as Mozambique, the formal sector now constitutes around eight percent of the working population, while around seventy-five per cent of the workforce is in the informal sector, with the remainder being unemployed. In many countries, unions have sought to engage these workers through “community unionism.”

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Using Their Sword of Justice: The NSW Teachers Federation and its Campaigns for Public Education Between 2001 and 2004

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Civil society organizations and trade unions: cooperation, conflict, indifference

Civil society organizations and trade unions: cooperation, conflict, indifference

Trade Unions and Social Work: Lessons from Canada

Community Unionism in Africa: The Case of Mozambique

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