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Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization


Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization

If trade unions are to find a pathway to revitalization, it is imperative that they invest in better ways to engage in the digital realm.

Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization

Digital tools offer a plethora of opportunities for union engagement with existing members, but also with workers in traditional and emerging sectors.

Beyond workplace‐related issues: How Global Unions use digital ...

... media are critical for trade union renewal. Yet, although many unions now ... Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization.

How Global Unions use digital activism to engage in social agenda ...

Digital information and communications technologies like social media are critical for trade union renewal. Yet, although many unions now ...

The future of labor unions in the age of automation and at the dawn ...

We suggest considering an alternative scenario, namely, a digital revolution that causes mass replacement of human workers and structural, technological ...

View of Social media and the transnationalization of mass activism

Because of this, developing strategies for the renewal and revitalisation of trade unions has emerged as a key issue for trade unionism (Behrens, et al., 2004; ...

The internet, social media and trade union revitalization: Still behind ...

Download Citation | Introduction to the Special Issue ‐ The internet, social media and trade union revitalization: Still behind the digital curve or ...

How Global Unions use digital activism to engage in social agenda ...

... media are critical for trade union renewal ... Ford M., Digital activism as a pathway to trade union revitalization, International Journal of Labour Research, № ...

A striking question: What is the future for trade unions?

... trade unions: marginalisation, dualisation, substitution, and revitalisation. ... trade union movement that make deciding on a path difficult? The ...

9 International Trade Union Revitalization: The Role of National ...

Unions from countries thought of as 'low road capitalism', such as the United States and the United Kingdom, possess few political and social power resources ...

Will they rise again? Four scenarios for the future of trade unions

This article explores four scenarios for the future of trade unions – marginalization, dualism, substitution and revitalization – each grounded in a few ...

2 Conceptualizing Labour Union Revitalization

While in many countries union activists are eagerly developing strategies to turn their fate, they are also facing some doubt or even resistance by politicians ...

The Politics of the Labor Movement Revitalization

In spite of these differences, we find that all union movements are increasing their political activism, broadly conceived. As to the precise contours of ...

The internet, social media and trade union revitalization: Still behind ...

Abstract. This article introduces the special issue of New Technology, Work and Employment titled “The Internet, Social Media and Trade Union Revitalization: ...

Solidarity across cyberspace: Internet campaigning, labour activism ...

Global communication through the Internet has provided new possibilities for trade union solidarity action across national boundaries.

Women's union activism and trade union revitalization - CiteSeerX

The most meaningful difference between the two categories of activists concerns their different occupational experi- ences and pathways to trade unions. The ...

Strengthening the trade unions: the key role of labour education

Addressing the issue of network de- velopment and of the “digital divide” within the labour movement. ... since the advent of international trade union activism ...

The unexpected revival of America's trade unions - Financial Times

There remain many obstacles to this new wave of activism, given that labour law in the US can make it harder for unions to organise than in most ...

Breaking the Iron Law of Oligarchy: Union Revitalization in the ...

Second, these new leaders had activist experience in other social movements, which led them to interpret labor's decline as a mandate to organize and gave them ...

Trade Unions and NGOs

side, the resilience of the trade union movement under conditions of adversity and its capacity for self-renewal have not gone unnoticed. NGOs wishing to act in ...