Organising non-standard workers: union recruitment in the Irish care sector
In 2004, Ireland's largest union initiated its most comprehensive organising campaign to date, resulting in 12,000 care workers being organised. This article explores how unions can sustain campaigns among a dispersed workforce, and how public support and worker commitment can be leveraged to achieve structural changes in an emerging sector.
Year of publication: |
2014
|
---|---|
Authors: | Murphy, Caroline ; Turner, Thomas |
Published in: |
Industrial Relations Journal. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 45.2014, 5, p. 373-388
|
Publisher: |
Wiley Blackwell |
Saved in:
Online Resource
Saved in favorites
Similar items by person
-
Trade Union Responses to zero hours work in Ireland
Murphy, Caroline, (2019)
-
Murphy, Caroline, (2016)
-
Organising non-standard workers : union recruitment in the Irish care sector
Murphy, Caroline, (2014)
- More ...