Dirk Kloosterboer
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Request for info - trade union revitalisation - 18/10/2006 19:50
In many countries, the trade union movement is trying to cope with developments such as globalisation, growing employment insecurity, decreasing density, difficulties organising new groups of workers and anti-union government policies. Some unions are trying to re-invent themselves, sometimes with surprising success.
In order to learn from others’ experience, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV has published a desk study of successful examples of trade union revitalisation, dealing with issues such as organising; the Justice for Janitors campaign; Living Wage campaigns; Union Cities; Union Summer; Worker Centres; local coalitions with community organisations; voter mobilisation campaigns; international strategic campaigns; think tanks set up by trade unions; trade union restructuring; etcetera (De vakbeweging van de toekomst: Lessen uit het buitenland, April 2005).
Currently, we are preparing an English-language updated version of the report. Therefore, we would much appreciate it if you could provide us with evaluations, papers and other recent material (in English, French, German, Spanish or Italian) on successful or otherwise relevant examples of trade union revitalisation. We are especially interested in the practical aspects: what results were achieved, and what steps have been taken in order to achieve these results.
In order to be able to include material in the report, we would need to receive it by 10 November at the latest.
Thank you very much for your kind cooperation,
Yours truly,
Dirk Kloosterboer
Researcher / Policy Advisor
Netherlands Trade Union Confederation FNV
Department of Local Policy and Services
P.O. Box 8456
1005 AL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
dirk.kloosterboer@vc.fnv.nl
+31 20 5816 728
Post edited by: uin, at: 2006/10/20 03:41
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