*Understanding power and strategy for effective organizing*
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*10am-5.30pm Tuesday 28 June 2016*
*University of Leeds,*
*Room 1.02, 20 Lyddon Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9JT
**For map: http://tinyurl.com/zwoemdq***
*Attendance fees (includes lunch & refreshments) £20 *
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*NOTE: places are limited. You must register and pay in advance. Details
can be found at www.buira.org*
*Jane McAlevey*is well-known in the American labor movement as the
hard-charging organizer who racked up a string of victories at a time
when union leaders said winning wasn’t possible. In her book /Raising
Expectations (and Raising Hell)/ Jane argues that labor can be revived,
but only if the movement acknowledges its mistakes and fully commits to
deep organizing, participatory education, militancy, and an approach to
workers and their communities that more resembles the campaigns of the
1930s.In short, she advocates whole worker organising through social
movement unionism.
Rather than building community-labour alliances, the whole worker
organizing approach merges workplace and non-workplace issues into a
tight blend. Jane had years of experience in community organizing prior
to becoming a fulltime union organizer and negotiator and her approaches
flow from the combined experience of union and community organizing.
These methods have been successful in winning local political campaigns
in addition to worker
organizing campaigns.
Jane has recently completed her PhD and is currently
teaching at Harvard University Law School on the Labor
and Worklife Program.
This day-long workshop, supported by the *British Universities
Industrial Relations Association,* is aimed at trade union an community
activists who are interested in developing a
greater understanding of the differences between organizing
and mobilizing and how to undertake power analysis for
effective organizing.
Workshop details
10am: Registration and refreshments
10.15am: introductions
10.30-1pm: morning workshops
/1pm-2pm: Buffet Lunch: provided in attendance fee /
2pm-5.50pm: afternoon workshops
Topics to be covered include:
·Core differences between organizing and mobilizing approaches.
·What is an organic leader?
·Differences between activists and leaders.
·Understandingpower: the relationship between strategies and power analysis.
This event is being sponsored by the British Universities Industrial
Relations Association. Its annual conference on ‘Employment relations
towards 2020 and beyond: reflection, prospects and opportunities’ will
follow this workshop on 29 June–1^st July at The Carriageworks,
Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD.
If you wish to attend please contact Jane Holgate: [log in to unmask]
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Professor Jane Holgate
Professor of Work and Employment Relations
Work and Employment Relations Division
Leeds University Business School
31 Lyddon Terrace (room 2.05)
University of Leeds LS2 9JT
email: [log in to unmask]
Mobile: 07960 798399
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