Community Unionism: A Strategy for Organizing in the New Economy

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
Community Unionism: A Strategy for Organizing in the New Economy
Abstract
Focuses on considering community unionism as a strategy for labor organizing with emphasis on autonomous community-based labor group organizational model. Background on the concept of community unionism; Information on the two examples of community unionism, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops; Limitation of community unionism in making the type of economic gains for their members that a trade union can through collective bargaining.
Publication
New Labor Forum
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
24-32
Date
Fall 2005
Journal Abbr
New Labor Forum (Routledge)
Language
English
ISSN
10957960
Accessed
12/8/14, 6:29 PM
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Citation
Black, S. J. (2005). Community Unionism: A Strategy for Organizing in the New Economy. New Labor Forum, 14(3), 24–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/1095760500245383