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Transnational Labour Solidarity and Social Movement Unionism: Insights from and beyond a Women Workers' Strike in Turkey
Author(s) -
Fougner Tore,
Kurtoğlu Ayça
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00801.x
Subject(s) - solidarity , factory (object oriented programming) , political science , political economy , social movement , movement (music) , sociology , social solidarity , trade union , gender studies , economic system , labour economics , economics , law , social science , politics , philosophy , computer science , programming language , aesthetics
Through an analysis of solidarity across borders and social groups in connection with and beyond a strike on the part primarily of women workers at a foreign‐owned factory in Turkey's Antalya Free Zone, this article contributes to the debate on the two union renewal strategies of transnational labour solidarity and coalition building with social movements. In the case at hand, the extensive strike‐related support on the part of external unions and the women's movement illustrates the positive difference that solidarity practices can make. However, looking beyond the strike itself, the case points to significant challenges related to the development of deeper and more proactive solidarity across borders and social groups.