Beyond mobilisation at McDonald's
Towards networked organising
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3833241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex J Wood (0000-0003-0569-7145, University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 493-502 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capital & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0309816820906354 |
| OpenAlex | W3010034469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article uses McAlevey's mobilising/organising dichotomy to analyse the recent McDonald's mobilisation in Britain. It argues that this movement has had some impressive successes but building on these requires greater organising activities. However, conventional union organising techniques are unlikely to be successful in hospitality. Instead, the approach of another low-wage worker movement OUR Walmart demonstrates how social media can be used not only to benefit mobilising activities but to enable organising beyond the workplace
Hospitality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social movement · Sociology · Tourism · Wage · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
Union democracy from below
Peer-to-peer online voice as emergent collective action
Social media, democracy, and the labor movement
Advancing understanding of unionization in the hospitality industry
Introduction to the Special Issue ‐ The internet, social media and trade union revitalization
Understanding trade union usage of social media
Dynamics of contention in the gig economy
Building coalitions on Facebook
A defining battle
Voice without Representation
Between Settlement and Mobilization
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |