Trade union banners and the construction of a working‐class presence

Notes from two labour disputes in 1980s Glasgow and North Lanarkshire

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8361318
AutoresJohn Crossan (0000-0002-4449-1644, University of Glasgow, autor de correspondencia), J M Crossan, David Featherstone (0000-0001-5196-2486, University of Glasgow), D J Featherstone, Fiona Hayes (Glasgow Life), Helen Macgill Hughes (0000-0002-9704-8080, Glasgow Life), Craig Jamieson (0000-0002-6567-8272, Glasgow Life), Richard Leonard (0000-0002-9207-0465, Glasgow School of Art)
Año2016
Volumen48
Número3
Páginas357-364
Fecha de publicación2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArea (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12272
OpenAlexW2305170335
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas21

This paper draws on a project ‘Banner Tales of Glasgow’, which is the result of an ongoing collaboration between geographers, museum staff and trade unionists. The paper draws on testimonies from workers involved in two labour disputes in the mid 1980s. We use these testimonies to think about the use of banners in the construction of working‐class solidarities. This discussion is used to illuminate the relations between the formation of a working‐class presence and the role of discourses of a moral economy in shaping particular community‐making practices. Through doing so, we use a focus on banners to illuminate different aspects of the spatial practices of labour organising and argue that the construction of a working‐class presence and articulations of a moral economy can be mutually reinforcing

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