期刊名称:Just Labour : A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
电子版ISSN:1705-1436
出版年度:2009
卷号:14
出版社:York University
摘要:Based on two case studies from Peru and Bolivia, this paper investigates why certain unions of water workers and not others have sought to form deep coalitions with community groups when confronted by privatization. Although in both cases, trade unions decided to participate in coalitions with community groups, the political strategy of forming "deep coalitions" (Tattersall 2005) has emerged as a conscious practice in the case of the water workers' union in Peru but not in Bolivia. Drawing from Kim Voss and Rachel Sherman's (2000) study of revitalization amongst service unions in northern California, the paper argues that the reactions of these two public sector unions can be explained as the result of three factors. First, in both cases there have been internal crises which have led to new leadership. Second, these new leaders who come from outside the labour movement see decline as a mandate for change