Community Unionism: A Comparative Analysis of Concepts and Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Now That the Work is Done: Community Unionism in a Post-Industrial Context....Pages 23-48
Contested Terrain: London’s Living Wage Campaign and the Tensions Between Community and Union Organising....Pages 49-74
Strategies in Search of Structures: The Real World of Community Unionism in Relation to Black and Minority Ethnic Communities....Pages 75-92
Polish Migrant Workers in the North — New Communities, New Opportunities?....Pages 93-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Beyond Organised Labour in Japan — The Case of the Japanese Community Union Federation....Pages 121-138
Immigrant Workers and Labour/Community Organisations in the United States....Pages 139-160
Using Their Sword of Justice: The NSW Teachers Federation and its Campaigns for Public Education Between 2001 and 2004....Pages 161-186
Union Revitalisation and the Canadian Auto Workers Union: Reconnecting Unions with Local Communities....Pages 187-209
Conclusion....Pages 210-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-249