Description
Book SynopsisThis book evaluates how British labor unions fared in the political and institutional context created by Great Britain's New Labour government between 1997 and 2010.
Trade ReviewThe book contains well over a decade of intensive research on union organizing strategy, campaigns, and activist development that is simply unparalleled....The primary strength of this book is its exhaustive examination of organizing within the confines of UK union renewal. Here, the book situates itself among leading labour renewal research in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia.
-- Steven Tufts * Labour/Le Travail *
Through their enormous wealth of longitudinal data, the authors provide a nuanced analysis and a more complex evaluation of union organizing than has any previous work. Offering the reader 'thick' descriptions, this comprehensive study is accessible to academics and practitioners alike....[T]he authors do a remarkable job of explaining the intricacies in an accessible way and disentangling the complexities for a broader audience....Union Voices should be on the shelf of every academic and practitioner interested in understanding the opportunities and challenges of union organizing or in the future of the British labor movement more broadly.
-- Maite Tapia * ILRReview *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. From Managing Decline to Organizing for the Future
2. The TUC Approach to Developing a New Organizing Culture
3. The Spread of Organizing Activity to Individual Unions
4. Union Organizers and Their Stories
5. Organizing Campaigns
6. Evaluating OrganizingBibliography
Index
