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Organizing the Organized. Structural Change, Organizing Strategies, and Member Participation in a Union Local of Service Workers

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This dissertation studies the organizing local approach to labor renewal, a union model centered on organizing new workers. I examine the role of activists and what motivates them to participate beyond a rational evaluation of gains. Additionally, I establish the conditions for successful union reform, specifically, how to overcome inertial...

Keyword:

organizing local, structural change, reciprocity, labor revitalization, and union activism

Subject:

Sociology

Creator:

Laura Ariovich

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

05/22/2018

Date Modified:

05/22/2018

Date Created:

2007-05-10

Resource Type:

Dissertation