Drawing on three decades of research on union renewal, this article asks what we can learn
from these studies. It covers successively the modernisation of union strategy, the re …

The paper studies how unions used two types of resources, namely, access to national
legislation/policy and to collective bargaining, to improve working conditions in healthcare …

Why are unions weaker in the US than in Canada, two otherwise similar countries? This
difference has shaped politics, policy, and levels of inequality. Conventional wisdom points …

Fewer than 12 percent of US workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are
falling in much of the world. With tremendous growth in inequality within and between …

In the last three decades, nurses have gone on strike in many countries including Canada,
the UK, the US, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Poland …

This article examines leaders, leadership, and union renewal with a focus on women's
leadership and organizing. First, it considers the links between union renewal and women's …

I discuss the recent union renewal strategies adopted by UNITE-HERE Local 75, the union
representing a majority of Toronto's organized hotel workers—a fragmented and diverse …

Trade unions face long‐term challenges including declining memberships that threaten their
influence. COVID‐19 created new challenges and possibilities for renewal. This article …

How are unions responding to change? Are they renewing? Drawing on the CRIMT
International Colloquium on Union Renewal, this introductory paper presents the …

Union renewal involves processes of change to reinvigorate the labour movement by
rebuilding organisational and institutional strength. Over recent decades, there has been a …