Edmund Heery
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- October 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199569465
- eISBN:
- 9780191829611
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569465.003.0008
- Subject:
- Business and Management, HRM / IR, Organization Studies
This chapter considers how unitarists, pluralists, and CLS have responded to the global financial crisis and subsequent policies of austerity. The review considers how each frame has explained the ...
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This chapter considers how unitarists, pluralists, and CLS have responded to the global financial crisis and subsequent policies of austerity. The review considers how each frame has explained the outbreak of the crisis, researched its effects and offered proposals for its resolution. The main thesis of the chapter is that the global financial crisis has provided a fresh opportunity for the three traditions to reaffirm their core assumptions and arguments: the crisis has not led to an epistemological break in the study of industrial relations. It is argued that unitarists have tended to view the crisis in Schumpeterian terms, as an opportunity to introduce new forms of management; pluralists have expressed grave concern at the dismantling of systems of collective bargaining in the wake of the crisis and called for re-regulation; and CLS has viewed the crisis as providing the context for a radical counter-movement embracing new forms of protest.Less
This chapter considers how unitarists, pluralists, and CLS have responded to the global financial crisis and subsequent policies of austerity. The review considers how each frame has explained the outbreak of the crisis, researched its effects and offered proposals for its resolution. The main thesis of the chapter is that the global financial crisis has provided a fresh opportunity for the three traditions to reaffirm their core assumptions and arguments: the crisis has not led to an epistemological break in the study of industrial relations. It is argued that unitarists have tended to view the crisis in Schumpeterian terms, as an opportunity to introduce new forms of management; pluralists have expressed grave concern at the dismantling of systems of collective bargaining in the wake of the crisis and called for re-regulation; and CLS has viewed the crisis as providing the context for a radical counter-movement embracing new forms of protest.
Clarence Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231152693
- eISBN:
- 9780231526487
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231152693.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This book explores the New York City Teachers Union's (TU) connection with the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and the struggle to define teacher unionism in the early and ...
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This book explores the New York City Teachers Union's (TU) connection with the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and the struggle to define teacher unionism in the early and middle part of the twentieth century. It looks at the anti-Communists' attack and the revisionists' defense of the union and argues that both are too simplistic. Organized in 1916 by a group of teachers, the TU was involved in some of the most tumultuous battles of the left, including the fight between the Communist Party and Jay Lovestone's Communist Party Opposition. Yet it also advocated what labor scholars today call social movement unionism, making strong alliances with unions, black and Latino parents, civil rights and civil organizations, and political parties in order to gain greater resources for the schools and communities in which they worked. In particular, the book examines the union 's role in the struggle for racial equality, child welfare, the advancement of the trade union movement, academic freedom, and better relationships with parents and communities.Less
This book explores the New York City Teachers Union's (TU) connection with the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) and the struggle to define teacher unionism in the early and middle part of the twentieth century. It looks at the anti-Communists' attack and the revisionists' defense of the union and argues that both are too simplistic. Organized in 1916 by a group of teachers, the TU was involved in some of the most tumultuous battles of the left, including the fight between the Communist Party and Jay Lovestone's Communist Party Opposition. Yet it also advocated what labor scholars today call social movement unionism, making strong alliances with unions, black and Latino parents, civil rights and civil organizations, and political parties in order to gain greater resources for the schools and communities in which they worked. In particular, the book examines the union 's role in the struggle for racial equality, child welfare, the advancement of the trade union movement, academic freedom, and better relationships with parents and communities.
Clarence Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231152693
- eISBN:
- 9780231526487
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231152693.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, ...
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The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. This book recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. It reaffirms the party's close ties with the union, yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power. The book showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, the book reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. It also describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the Board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.Less
The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. This book recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. It reaffirms the party's close ties with the union, yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power. The book showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, the book reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. It also describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the Board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.
