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The Future of Unions and Worker Representation - The Digital Picket Line (Hardcover)
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The Future of Unions and Worker Representation - The Digital Picket Line (Hardcover)
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This book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in
Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of
innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to
build new forms of worker power - and overcome decades of declining
membership wrought by neoliberalism, globalisation, and hostility
from employers and the state. The study evaluates the responses of
unions in each country to falling membership levels since the
1980s. It considers the US 'organising model' and its adoption in
Australia and the UK, comparing this with the strategies of Italian
unions which have been more deliberately focused on precarious and
migrant workers. The increasing reliance of US unions on community
alliances, as seen in the 'Fight for $15' and similar campaigns, is
scrutinised along with new union prototypes like Hospo Voice in
Australia, the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain and SI
Cobas in Italy. The book includes an in-depth analysis of union
responses to the gig economy in the four countries, and the
emergence of self-organised worker collectives to combat this
exploitative business model. The vital role played by unions in
defending the interests of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is
also examined. As well as highlighting the most successful union
initiatives to meet the challenges of the past 30 years, the book
assesses the strengths and deficiencies of the legal framework for
union representation in the four nations. It identifies the labour
law reforms needed to rebuild collectivism, but argues that more is
needed than favourable laws. This cross-national study provides a
rich basis for identifying the combination of reforms, strategies
and linkages required to ensure that unions can remain relevant for
a new generation of digitally-active workers.
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