The International Association of Machinists, Pratt &amp; Whitney, and the Struggle for a Blue-Collar Future in Connecticut

Forrant, Robert

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“…In pre-state days and up to 1977, MAPAI and other labor parties in government had taken care of Histadrut interests. The Likud government of 1977 acted with hostility toward the Histadrut (Greenberg, 2004), and as a result, the Histadrut became debilitated and struggled for its survival, as did other unions world-wide (Western, 1995;Craver, 1997;Forrant, 2002).…”

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Privatization as the Source of Organizational Change in the Israeli Labor Federation (the Histadrut): an Israeli Case Study

Moskovich

2014

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The original Histadrut was founded as a welfare agency, as a socialist entity the Histadrut was politically and economically linked to the Labor Party which helped fund it while in government. The purpose of this research is to analyze how the process of privatization affected the goals of the Histadrut, as it evolved from being a super- organization dominating most of Israeli society to a mere confederation of labor unions. This research was conducted by case study analysis: using two methods of data collection - analyzing documents and interviews. The finding show, that Histadrut was highly politicized, and this led to the organization's incurring heavy debts. In 1994, a new leader, Haim Ramon, was elected and coped with its organizational decline. He transformed the Histadrut into a confederation of autonomous labor unions, selling off Histadrut enterprises and assets to private investors, and severing all political ties. The Histadrut underwent organizational change, downsizing and focusing on trade union goals.The main conclusion from this research is: The privatization process in the Israeli labor unions created a new organization focusing on its trade union's goals, losing its uniqueness as a society-wide entity.

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“…Unions suffer from organizational decline and crisis, they cannot recruit new members and many old members leave the unions (Western & Craver, 1997;Forrant, 2002;Weil, 2005;Banciu, 2009). …”

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Privatization as the Source of Organizational Change in the Israeli Labor Federation (the Histadrut): an Israeli Case Study

Moskovich

2014

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“…Blue collar factory work that once supported America's manufacturing base is now considered part of a bygone era (Forrant, 2002). The current domestic labor market rarely offers high school graduates the ability to secure unionized work offering middle-class wages, job security, pension, and healthcare benefits (Figueroa, Grabelsky, & Lamare, 2011).…”

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“…It is not surprising, therefore, these same areas also have the highest number of children qualified for free or reduced meals at school (SD Kids Count, 2017). Figure 2 shows the percentage of children eligible to receive free or reduced breakfast and lunch for the school years 2001-2002-2016(SD Kids Count, 2017. Prior to the financial collapse of September 2008, the number of children qualified for the meal program consistently fell in the upper 30th percentile.…”

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Self-Sufficiency Incomes and Increasing Precarity in South Dakota's Job Market, 2006-2015

Al-Ahmin¹

2018

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This longitudinal study examined the labor market of South Dakota, a state with an exceptionally low unemployment rate, over the ten years spanning 2006 to 2015. Analysis focused on the questions, what proportion of the market is made up of low wage jobs? and are the numbers of low wage workers increasing or decreasing over time? Data collected by the U. S. Census Bureau and U. S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was dissected on a micro level to determine which occupations held disproportionate numbers of low paying jobs. A threshold for households to live free of subsidies was set, then compared to workers’ incomes. Detailed data mining revealed information that contributes to the literature of employment and labor fields, strategic economic development, and the role of public policy in helping citizens get and stay independent of subsidies.

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“…One strategy has been international campaigns where unions create international linkages and solidarity with other trade unions. A second strategy has focused on the local where unions engage in community unionism, forming coalitions with community groups to achieve common goals (Anderson et al ; Forrant ). Studies on community unionism have focused on the campaign mechanics rather than the place where this occurs.…”

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“Our Tarkine, Our Future”: The Australian Workers Union Use of Narratives Around Place and Community in West and North West Tasmania, Australia

Barton

2017

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The Australian Workers Union (AWU) represents the miners on the West Coast of Tasmania. When the future of mining on much of the West Coast was threatened by the environmentalists' proposed National Heritage listing of the Tarkine region, the union campaigned to prevent the listing. Through its embeddedness in place, the AWU was able to use a sense of place, memory and identity to construct a community campaign that moved beyond the West Coast into the North West Coast where many of the miners lived. The union was able to renew its narrative resources by moving work out of the workplace and into the Tarkine. In this way the AWU was able to mobilise community support and shift political power to the local where workers could regain control over their lives and the place where they lived and worked.

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The International Association of Machinists, Pratt & Whitney, and the Struggle for a Blue-Collar Future in Connecticut

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Cited by 8 publications

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Privatization as the Source of Organizational Change in the Israeli Labor Federation (the Histadrut): an Israeli Case Study

Privatization as the Source of Organizational Change in the Israeli Labor Federation (the Histadrut): an Israeli Case Study

Self-Sufficiency Incomes and Increasing Precarity in South Dakota's Job Market, 2006-2015

“Our Tarkine, Our Future”: The Australian Workers Union Use of Narratives Around Place and Community in West and North West Tasmania, Australia

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