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Imagined solidarities : where is class in union organising?

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Simms, Melanie (2012) Imagined solidarities : where is class in union organising? Capital & Class, Vol.36 (No.1). pp. 97-115. doi:10.1177/0309816811430840 ISSN 0309-8168.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309816811430840

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Abstract

This paper argues that the ‘turn to organising’ in British unions over the past decade has largely ignored the broader questions of the purpose of such activity. As a consequence, unions have mainly focused on building solidarities between workers in their individual workplaces rather than developing a wider view of workers’ interests and the objectives of that solidarity. Using Hyman’s typology of union identities (2001), it is evident that ‘class’ identity has largely been sidelined in debates about union renewal in Britain. The paper argues that this limits the scope of union renewal both in practice and in theory.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Capital & Class
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 0309-8168
Official Date: 2012
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Volume: Vol.36
Number: No.1
Page Range: pp. 97-115
DOI: 10.1177/0309816811430840
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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