Organise or Fossilise: The Revival of Union Organising

by Edmund Heery, Rick Delbridge, Melanie Simms

The continuing decline of trade union membership and influence has led to the adoption of a number of strategies of revitalisation. In this context, organising has been seen as a means, not just to restore membership but to recreate labour as a social movement. This book describes, analyses and evaluates the attempt to restore union fortunes through organising in Britain. It will present original research, conducted since 1997, which has examined the development of organising policy across the British trade union movement and gathered a wealth of qualitative and survey data on organising activity.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999