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Negating or Affirming the Organising Model? The Case of the Congress of South African Trade Unions

In: Unions in the 21st Century

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From the mid-1970s to the 1990s, union membership decreased significantly in most of the advanced societies. This resulted in a major rethink in union strategies, with renewed attention being placed on out-reach, and on drawing in previously neglected categories of labour. Particularly influential was the ‘organising model’, which sought to shift the role of unions from simply servicing existing members in day-to-day disputes, to one where contestations are broadened into community struggles over questions of social justice (Roberts, 1999: 38). Hence, traditional forms of activity were broadened to encompass a wide range of social issues, with a far stronger emphasis being placed on recruitment and out-reach (Frege, 1999: 279). Although originating in the United States, the organising model proved influential throughout the Anglo-Saxon world (Wood and Brewster, 2002; c.f. Gall, 2003).

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  • Geoffrey Wood, 2004. "Negating or Affirming the Organising Model? The Case of the Congress of South African Trade Unions," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Anil Verma & Thomas A. Kochan (ed.), Unions in the 21st Century, chapter 16, pages 220-238, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52458-3_16
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230524583_16
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