Defying expectations : the case of UFCW Local 401 /

Defying expectations : the case of UFCW Local 401 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Foster, Jason, author.
Imprint:	Edmonton, AB : AU Press, Athabasca University ; [Canada] : Canadian Committee on Labour History, [2018] ©2018
Description:	viii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Working Canadians : books from the CCLH Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.)
Subject:	United Food and Commercial Workers Canada. -- Local 401. Labor union locals -- Alberta -- Case studies. Strikes and lockouts -- Food industry and trade -- Alberta -- Case studies. Labor union members -- Alberta -- Case studies. Labor union locals. Labor union members. Strikes and lockouts -- Food industry and trade. Alberta. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11564927

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Other authors / contributors:	Canadian Committee on Labour History, issuing body.
ISBN:	9781771991995 1771991992
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in electronic format.
Summary:	"In October 2005, Jason Foster, then a staff member of the Alberta Federation of Labour, was walking a picket line outside Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta with the members of local 401. It was a first contract strike. And although the employees of the meat-packing plant--many of whom were immigrants and refugees--had chosen an unlikely partner in the United Food and Commercial Workers local, the newly formed alliance allowed the workers to stand their ground for a three-week strike that ended in the defeat of the notoriously anti-union company, Tyson Foods. It was but one example of a wide range of industries and occupations that local 401 organized over the last twenty years. In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local's leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential components to legitimizing the leadership's exercise of power and its unconventional organizing forces."--
Other form:	Foster, Jason, 1970-, author. Defying expectations.: Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2017. Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.) Working Canadians : books from the CCLH

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Summary:	In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local's leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential components to legitimizing the leadership's exercise of power and its unconventional organizing forces.
Physical Description:	viii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781771991995 1771991992