Unions and Legitimacy - Couverture rigide

Chaison, Gary N.; Bigelow, Barbara

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801435129 ISBN 13 : 9780801435126

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Legitimacy is vital to unions. Without it, they lose political and ideological support, members, and access to funds. Gary Chaison and Barbara Bigelow use the concept of legitimacy as a lens through which to understand the steady decline in union size and influence and to suggest new strategies for union revitalization.Chaison and Bigelow relate legitimacy to five case studies: the UPS strike, the organization of clerical workers at Harvard, the AFL-CIO associate membership campaign, the fight against NAFTA, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association Campaign for Safe Care. The cases show the need for unions to move beyond pragmatic concerns and link their activities to the broader interests of their constituencies, demonstrating not only that they offer something tangible in return for support (pragmatic legitimacy) but also that they are doing the right thing (moral legitimacy).Chaison and Bigelow's work has practical implications for the management of unions' core activities--organizing, collective bargaining, and political action.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gary Chaison is Professor of Industrial Relations at Clark University. His previous books include Union Mergers in Hard Times: The View from Five Countries, from Cornell. Barbara Bigelow is Professor of Management at Clark University and coeditor of Health Care Management Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801435129
• ISBN 13: 9780801435126
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 152
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• Personne responsable: non disponible