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Does Community Organising Present Trade Unions a Way Of My writings on community organising Holgate, J. (2014) Trade unions and community organising in an international context: same model, different outcomes. British Journal of Industrial Relations. Does community organising present trade Alberti, G, Holgate, J, Tapia, M (2013) Organising migrants as workers or as migrant workers? Intersectionality, trade unions and precarious work. International Journal of unions a way of rebuilding the union Human Resource Management. 24 (22): 4132‐4148. Holgate, J. (2013) 'Trade union involvement in broad‐based community organising: a movement? comparative study of London, Sydney and Seattle.' University of Leeds: Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change. University of the West of England, January 2015 Holgate, J. (2013) Community organising in the UK: a ‘new’ approach for trade unions? Economic and Industrial Democracy. 10.1177/0143831X13511275. Holgate, J. (2013) Faith in unions: from safe spaces to organised labour? Capital and Class. 37 (2): 239‐262. Professor Jane Holgate Holgate (2009) ‘Contested terrain: London’s living wage campaign and the tension Professor of work and employment relations between community and union organising.’ in McBride J. and Greenwood, I. The Complexity of Community Unionism: a Comparative Analysis of Concepts and Contexts. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2 Research questions Research approach • Critical social science research approach: active participant in • Are we witnessing a turn to community‐based organising community organising initiatives. and, if so, in what form/s? • UK data collection ongoing since 2001. • What does this mean for the unions involved? • Drawing on whole range of data –interviews conducted in the UK with trade unionists since February 2011: Unite, Unison, • What role are ‘new actor’s playing in the employment GMB, TSSA, PCS, Trades Union Congress. relationship? • ESRC‐funded (RES‐000‐22‐4144) ‘Broad‐based community alliances: a comparative study of London, Sydney and Seattle’ 3 4 1 Unions and community organising Unions and community organising • Unions organising in the community is not new (Clawson • Hurd, R. (2004) 'The rise and fall of the 2003; Holgate 2009; Wills 1996; Wills 2002). organizing model in the US' in Harcourt, M. and Wood, G. (eds.) Trade unions and democracy: Strategies and perspectives. Manchester: • Strong links between trade union consciousness and Manchester University Press: 191‐210. community consciousness have been severely weakened • Simms, M., Holgate, J. and Heery, E. (2012) (Chase 2000). Union Voices. Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. • Crosby, M. (2005) Power at Work Rebuilding the • During period of Thatcher governments (and beyond) unions Australian Union Movement. Annandale: The became more inward looking (Kelly and Heery 1994). Federation Press. 5 6 A ‘turn’ to community organising? Debates on community organising ‘Such a labour metaphysic, I think, is a legacy from 1. London Citizens’ high profile campaign for a living wage Victorian Marxism that is now quite unrealistic…Of 2. Attracted attention of local and national politician about course we can’t “write off the working class.” But how community organising can mobilize people into we must study all that, and freshly. Where labour action exists as an agency, of course we must work with it, 3. Unions and political parties realising that this form of but we must not treat it as The Necessary Lever’. organising has the potential to (re)build their own organisations. C Wright Mills, 1960. Letter to the New Left 7 8 2 Debates on community organising Debates on community organising ‘the only really baffling problem with which community ‘Focusing on the poor meant, inevitably, shifting attention from unions will have to contend is the problem of tactics; the sphere of work to the community. In terms of political there is no political weapon easily available which can theory, this involved a shift from production to consumption. It replace the industrial strike, although it may very well be also involved a shift in focus from work to everyday life.’ that civil disobedience is the seed from which more Ashbolt , A. (2008) ' The American New left and Community Unions'. Journal effective and appropriate tactics will grow’ of the Illawarra Branch of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History 8: 37‐42. O’Connor (1964) ‘Towards a theory of community unions’ 9 10 A ‘turn’ to community organising? What does this mean for unions? • Definition –trying to conceptualise what is meant by • TUC’s Active Unions, Active Communities project designed to community unionism make the case for why community engagement should be a more comprehensive part of union strategies. • Different types of union/community engagement –– whether this is just another form of social movement unionism? • Unison: London Citizens to successfully organise workers to campaign for a living wage at hospitals in east London in 2001, • Different factors influencing union engagement in community yet marginal involvement. But more activity in regions. organising I think that there’s quite a lot that we as a trade union could learn from the • Tensions and constraints on unions working outside the tools and techniques that are needed to build broad‐based community industrial arena organisations. We can use those in the workplace and there’s just loads of lessons in there for us, I think. For me that’s now moved up the agenda to •Role of ‘new actors’ in the employment relationship. what I want Unison to get out of it. (Senior Unison official, Nottingham) 1 1 1 2 3 What does this mean for unions? What does this mean for unions? • PCS: tentatively dipped its toes into the realm of community • GMB: exploring potential of community organising through organising in 2010 when they approach London Citizens about UMF funded project. the potential of working together. • Unite: created community organising team in Sept 2012: 10 • TSSA: created community organising team in 2011 community co‐ordinators employed, one in each region, plus 2 ‘If we can get passengers, people using those transport services, staff at national office. Remit: ‘identify, recruit, train and actually on the same side as rail workers, people working in the develop community activists who will advance Unite’s transport industry, we will actually have a far more powerful community membership within their communities, and to assist coalition to effect change’. (TSSA staff community organiser 3) community activists with their work in creating community groups and branches and their integration into the structure of Unite’ 1 1 3 4 Yes a ‘turn’ but should not be overstated Sydney Alliance • Firstly, the global economic crisis beginning in 2008 appears to be a major push factor in moving unions in the direction of community organising •A different form of ‘Big Society’? • Attempt to tie together a trade union consciousness and a community consciousness • Recognition of declining worker bargaining power at the workplace. 15 1 6 4 Peetz, D. and Bailey, J. (2012) 'Dancing Alone: The Australian Union movement over three decades'. Journal of Industrial Relations. 54 (4): 525‐541. 1 1 7 8 Motivation for union involvement • The political environment • A shift toward community organising: a mix of ideology and instrumentalism • Building strength through leadership development and organisational and cultural change • Reframing the message of union organising: bringing in the community 1 20 9 5 Australian Congress of Trade Unions The political environment… • Your Rights @ Work campaign 2005-2007 unions working in the community to defeat the Howard ‘We’d been through the Your Rights at Work campaign to government. get rid of the last federal government and, [even if] • Largest single campaign in Australia’s political history. unions hadn’t matured, what they had understood was that there was a real need for them to make different • Massive in scale and highly sophisticated connections with community. union/community organising. • Accepted on all sides of political spectrum led to the (Ex‐union official, interview) downfall of the Howard government and significant swings to Labor Party in targeted seats. 2 22 1 The political environment… A mix of ideology and instrumentalism… ‘This idea of building longer‐term relationships for our nurses, for ‘Before, we never gave people an opportunity to say our transport unions, for our teachers, for our council unions, for those things and get involved…Just [allowing them space] us in our public unions, has really sort of landed at the right to have a debate amongst themselves around something time…so, all of this, means that the argument [for joining the Sydney Alliance] resonates. The idea of building and talking to faith within their local community to me was really leaders and community leaders and talking about what we have in powerful…So a lot of issues came through [the listening common and running broad‐based campaigns actually has a base. campaigns] around age care and childcare and it just The question, the challenge, is what priority is that given?’ started to paint this picture of a much broader group. That was exciting.’ [Union leader, UNSW] (United Voice, interviewee 2) 2 24 3 6 A mix of ideology and instrumentalism… Reframing the message of union organising ‘Our union has a stigma attached to it that we’re a male • Rail, Tram and Bus Union: Sydney Alliance campaign: dominated, very blokey union, that we are bovver boys 400:15:1 SCA2 and we’re
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