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Trade Union Organising Among Low-Wage Service Workers: Lessons from America and New Zealand

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  • Sarah Oxenbridge

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This paper examines how american and new zealand (nz) unions have responded to the challenges of organising workers in low-wage service sectors. Different approaches to organising are examined, with particular focus on the "organising" model of unionism. American and NZ unions were found to have developed both similar and contrasting approaches to organising low-wage service workers, and the underlying factors are analysed. The article concludes with a discussion of the relevance of organising model methods for british unions in the context of the new employment relations act.

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  • Sarah Oxenbridge, 2000. "Trade Union Organising Among Low-Wage Service Workers: Lessons from America and New Zealand," Working Papers wp160, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
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    1. Andy Charlwood, 2004. "Influences on Trade Union Organizing Effectiveness in Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 42(1), pages 69-93, March.

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    Keywords

    Trade Unions; Organising Model; USA; New Zealand;
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    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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