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Union Myths, Enigmas, and Other Tales: Five Challenges for Union Renewal
Studies in Political Economy
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Union Myths, Enigmas, and Other Tales: Five Challenges for Union Renewal
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Murray, Gregor
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Few can be against union renewal, especially in the context of a conference on this subject. The reality of renewal on the ground, however, is very complex. The labour movement in particular is built on many myths, enigmas, and half-truths. There’s a need to confront them. Such is the modest objective of this contribution. I seek to do so by outlining five paradoxes that currently confront unions in Canada: union growth and density, and the sense of crisis (or lack thereof ) on the part of labour leaders and activists; the precise nature of the socalled union advantage; the multiple meanings of social unionism; the nature of the gender, generation, and colour gaps, and, finally, the implications of union chauvinism for renewal. |
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Studies in Political Economy
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2010-05-25
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application/pdf
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http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/5990
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Studies in Political Economy; Vol 74 (2004): Politics in The Age of NAFTA
1918-7033 0707-8552 |
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eng
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http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/5990/2917
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