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Sustaining the grassroots: How community organizations mitigate the downsides of collaborating with unions
Journal of Urban Affairs ( IF 2.559 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 , DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2021.1874246
Brad R. Fulton 1 , Marc Doussard 2
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ABSTRACT

Coalitions of community organizations and labor unions have played a central role in the recent expansion of municipal legislation regarding low-wage work. To date, most studies of community-labor coalitions have focused on their successes in meeting policy goals set by organized labor. This paper shifts focus to the challenges community organizations encounter when they participate in union-led campaigns. Analyzing survey data from a national study of community organizations, we show that collaborating with unions can inhibit community organizations’ resource-intensive strategies, local-level organizing, and mobilizing capacity. Using data from fieldwork with community-labor coalitions in Chicago, St. Louis, and Denver, we then explore three strategies community organizations use to mitigate these downsides: shaping campaigns, rationing participation, and not participating. Each strategy has distinct benefits and drawbacks. Regardless of the strategy community organizations adopt, our analysis shows that the experience of participating in union-led campaigns leads community organizations to reexamine their approaches to organizing, movement building, and public policy.



中文翻译:

维持基层:社区组织如何减轻与工会合作的不利影响

摘要

社区组织和工会的联盟在最近扩大有关低薪工作的市政立法中发挥了核心作用。迄今为止,大多数关于社区劳工联盟的研究都集中在它们在实现由有组织的劳工设定的政策目标方面的成功上。本文将重点转移到社区组织在参与工会领导的活动时遇到的挑战。我们分析了社区组织全国研究的调查数据,表明与工会合作可以抑制社区组织的资源密集型战略、地方级组织和动员能力。利用来自芝加哥、圣路易斯和丹佛社区劳工联盟的实地调查数据,我们随后探索了社区组织用来减轻这些负面影响的三种策略:塑造运动、配给参与,和不参与。每种策略都有明显的优点和缺点。无论社区组织采用何种策略,我们的分析表明,参与工会领导的运动的经验会促使社区组织重新审视其组织、运动建设和公共政策的方法。

更新日期:2021-02-17
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