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<p> Organizing has become a central tenet of trade union renewal in countries as diverse as the United States, the Netherlands, and the UK. This book is the most systematic effort to date to evaluate and explain the experience in the case of the UK and is written by leading experts in the field of labor relations. It contributes by pointing to how such developments need to be located within a new democratic and social imagination if they are to seriously locate trade unions at the center of worker experience and employment regulation. Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester

<p> Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate, and Edmund Heery make a strong and convincing case that organizing activity became a central axis of union strategy for reversing or slowing down the stark decline in union membership and influence. This book is the culmination of a research project on organizing that lasted more than a decade; one of its major strengths is the range of evidence it brings to bear on its subject matter. -Chris Howell, Oberlin College

Union Voices is the definitive account of the emergence and spread of union organizing strategies in the UK in the decade following the founding of the TUC Organising Academy in 1998. Sustained efforts both more and less successful to revitalize a demoralized, beaten-down labor movement make for a remarkable chapter in the long history of British trade unions. Based on hundreds of interviews and hours of participant observation, this book sets a high bar for the rich qualitative research and analysis of contemporary workplace, economic, political and social issues at a critical moment in history. -Lowell Turner, Cornell University Union Voices is a compelling and significant contribution to the comparative literature on the organizing potential of labor unions. A well-designed examination of labor unions organizing in a highly difficult time, it provides both historical depth and contemporary relevance. -Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education, City University of New York Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate, and Edmund Heery make a strong and convincing case that organizing activity became a central axis of union strategy for reversing or slowing down the stark decline in union membership and influence. This book is the culmination of a research project on organizing that lasted more than a decade; one of its major strengths is the range of evidence it brings to bear on its subject matter. -Chris Howell, Oberlin College Organizing has become a central tenet of trade union renewal in countries as diverse as the United States, the Netherlands, and the UK. This book is the most systematic effort to date to evaluate and explain the experience in the case of the UK and is written by leading experts in the field of labor relations. It contributes by pointing to how such developments need to be located within a new democratic and social imagination if they are to seriously locate trade unions at the center of worker experience and employment regulation. -Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester

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Melanie Simms is Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick. Jane Holgate is Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations at Leeds University. Edmund Heery is Professor of Employment Relations at Cardiff Business School. He is the coauthor of Working for the Union and Management Control and Union Power and coeditor of several books.

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