{"product_id":"lessons-in-organising-gawain-little-9780745345222","title":"Lessons in Organising: What Trade Unionists Can Learn from the War on Teachers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vital work on labor movement strategy by experienced union activists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The heart of any trade union is its reps and activists organizing in the workplace. After years of membership decline across sectors, a renewed recognition of this essential fact is behind the 'turn to organizing' in the union movement today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This turn to collective organizing builds strength at a local as well as a national level, and also aids in mobilizing around a wider range of political issues from campaigning against austerity to taking action for the environment. In recent years, this fusion of workplace organizing and national campaigning has been exemplified by Europe's largest education trade union, the National Education Union (NEU). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLessons in Organising\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors bring together activist, academic and union official perspectives to assess the potential (and the limitations) of the 'turn to organizing' and set out the case for a new transformative trade unionism for the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gawain Little, Ellie Sharp, Howard Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745345220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745345222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.55d","brand":"Gawain Little","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44449888731391,"sku":"9780745345222","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_88e4916a-8bdd-45b5-b111-5ee5816e7a98.jpg?v=1698501592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lessons-in-organising-gawain-little-9780745345222","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}