Organizing matters : : two logics of trade union representation / / Guy Mundlak.

• VerfasserIn: Mundlaḳ, Gai,
• TeilnehmendeR: Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Ilera publication series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 pages).

"Organizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour's collective action: on the one hand - workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests, and on the other hand - social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour's interests from the top-down The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries - Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining, but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership. Trade unionists and scholars will find a compelling story of organizing, narrated in the voice of organizers, trade union officials and local observers. This a source for reflection on the daily hardship and strategic goals of organizing. Theorists will be able to utilize the two logics for explaining ongoing challenges for trade unions' revitalization worldwide"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Contents: introduction: a theory of two logics, a study of four countries -- 1. The two logics of labour's association -- 2. Hybrid industrial relations systems: between Ghent and sliced up bargaining units -- 3. Four hybrid industrial relations systems - converging challenges, divergent institutions -- 4. Declining membership and a rising legitimacy gap -- 5. Membership-based strategies - organizing and recruitment -- 6. Between two logics - strains of organizing when membership counts -- 7. Between two logics - bridging practices as a path towards revitalization -- Postscript: the two logics and membership counts -- References -- Index.