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Organising non‐standard workers: union recruitment in the I rish care sector
Author(s) -
Murphy Caroline,
Turner Thomas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12064
Subject(s) - workforce , business , public sector , trade union , manufacturing sector , labour economics , economic growth , economics , economy , international trade
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.