Power in coalition [electronic resource] : strategies for strong unions and social change / Amanda Tattersall.
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TextSeries: Cornell paperbacksPublication details: Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 209 p. : illSubject(s): - Labor unions -- Political activity -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Case studies
- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies
- Community organization -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Case studies
- Community organization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Community organization -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies
- Social change -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Case studies
- Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
- Social change -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies
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- HD6895.S9 T38 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The elements of coalition unionism -- The public education coalition in New South Wales -- Living wages and the grassroots collaborative in Chicago -- The Ontario Health Coalition -- Power in coalition -- Conclusion : the possibilities of successful coalitions.
The labour movement sees coalitions as a key tool for union revitalization & social change, but there is little analysis of what makes them successful or the factors that make them fail. This is a comparative study of coalitions between unions & community organizations.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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