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As personally exhausting as organizing often is, successful organizing for any purpose inevitably leads to more organizing. As more union members learn how to organize, as more step forward to develop their leadership abilities, as more see organizing for collective action as always an option in all...

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Published in:Labor studies journal 2005-01, Vol.29 (4), p.27-35
Main Authors: Banks, Andy, Metzgar, Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural Capital
Decades
Jarley, Paul
Labor Movements
Organizational Change
Organizational Power
Organizational Structure
Social capital
Social conditions & trends
Social Networks
Unionization
Unions
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Summary:As personally exhausting as organizing often is, successful organizing for any purpose inevitably leads to more organizing. As more union members learn how to organize, as more step forward to develop their leadership abilities, as more see organizing for collective action as always an option in all parts of their lives, there's always the chance that magic will happen. Every once in a while, after decades of losing and retreating, seemingly out of nowhere a social movement flashes into existence to contest power with power and to shift power relations permanently. It has happened before - in the labor movement, in the civil rights movement, and in numerous others. But it doesn't come out of nowhere. It starts with organizing, and it builds with more organizing, for everything we do. There is, so far as we know, no other way.
ISSN:0160-449X
1538-9758
DOI:10.1177/0160449X0502900402