Organising non-standard workers: union recruitment in the Irish care sector
Murphy, Caroline ; Turner, Thomas
2014
45
5
373-388
health service ; trade union recognition ; trade union ; trade union membership ; trade union renewal ; healthcare worker
Trade unionism
English
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"In 2004, Ireland's largest union initiated its most comprehensive organising campaign to date, resulting in 12,000 care workers being organised. This article explores how unions can sustain campaigns among a dispersed workforce, and how public support and worker commitment can be leveraged to achieve structural changes in an emerging sector. "
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