Mobilization and Change in a Trade Union Setting

Environment, Structures and Action

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2372899
AutoresJanice R Foley (University of Regina), Janice Foley (University of Regina, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume17
Fascículo2
Páginas247-268
Data de publicação2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017003017002002
OpenAlexW2042675483
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas19

This case study, based on data collected from archival and interview sources, describes the variable efficacy over a 24-year period of a union-based women's committee. A theoretical model was developed that identified environmental factors, union and committee structures, and committee characteristics as variables that might affect the committee's effectiveness. Outcomes of three types were considered: structural changes that would benefit women, increased female participation in union decision making, and improved clauses in the collective agreement especially relevant to women. The study shows that while environmental factors and formal structures play an important role in achieving mobilization and change, the actions of the Social Movement Organization (SMO) itself, and of all the parties potentially affected by the SMO, are equally critical. The social movement literature complements the industrial relations and feminist organizational literatures in explaining the processes involved in successful collective action

Action (physics · Affect (linguistics · Collective action · Economics · Industrial action · Labour economics · Mobilization · Organizational structure · Political science · Public relations · Social movement · Trade union · Communication · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology