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Organising campaigns as ‘revitaliser’ for trade unions? The example of the Lidl campaign
Author(s) -
Gajewska Katarzyna,
Niesyto Johanna
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1468-2338.2008.00518.x
Subject(s) - german , repertoire , trade union , political science , action (physics) , style (visual arts) , service (business) , business , economics , international trade , economy , linguistics , geography , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , acoustics , philosophy
US‐style organising campaigns are a relatively new repertoire of action for German trade unions and can be seen as further evidence of their transformation. The example of the Lidl campaign organised by German United Service Union ver.di is chosen to illustrate tensions between organising and campaigning as revitalisation strategies.