Organising to Win with Jane McAlevey
Author of ‘No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
by Southern and Eastern Region TUC, in association with HOPE not hate
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*Date and Time: *Tue 14 February 2017*- *17:30 – 20:00 GMT**
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This book launch by author Jane McAlevey, hosted and sponsored by
SERTUC, part of the TUC’s ♥unions campaign, is an opportunity to look at
what we need to do, in the workplace, and in the community, to ensure
that 2017 is the year we turn the tide both on bad employers and on the
politics of division.
In No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, Jane
McAlevey investigates the reasons behind the recent failures of unions
and lays out a way forward for the progressive movement. Jane, an
experienced community, electoral, and labor organizer, presents a dozen
case studies of unions and social movements seeking to effect change in
the twenty-first century. As she analyzes each case, she identifies the
reasons for the movement’s success or failure.
Progressives can win, Jane argues, but lack the organized power to enact
significant change, to outlast their bosses in labor fights, and to hold
elected leaders accountable. No Shortcuts shows that what victorious
movements have in common is the use of grassroots mass organizing rather
than the top-down strategies such as advocacy that have recently gained
favor.
Beyond the concrete examples in this book, Jane’s arguments have direct
implications for anyone involved in organizing for social change. Much
more than just a cogent analysis, No Shortcuts explains exactly how
progressives can go about rebuilding powerful movements at work, in
communities, and at the ballot box.
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Professor Jane Holgate
Professor of Work and Employment Relations
Work and Employment Relations Division
Leeds University Business School
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University of Leeds LS2 9JT
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