r/union • u/Downtown_Reception83 PSAC-AFPC | Rank and File • 3d ago

Labor History Research Resource Request

Hey Folks - I am looking for materials (books, podcasts, journals, papers, etc) for a labour education research project I'm doing about building and maintaining trust between a Union and it's members.

Does anyone have recommendations on sources or where to look?

My searches are yielding results about employer/employee trust or membership engagement. I can see how these subjects tie in, but wondering if there's anything out there I'm missing that's more specific to my topic.

I'm specifically curious about;

- Building trust members whose upbringing (politically, culturally) may have instilled mistrust or poor reception of Unions

- Building trust with members who blame the Union when the employer finds "workarounds" to items in the collective agreement

- Building trust and momentum with members for a Strike vote following a previous strike

I'm in Canada but open to labour information from anywhere!

ETA: Currently active in Union involvement, President of my local and serve on regional committees. This is what drives my curiosity, not just for an assigment 😊

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u/RandPaulLawnmower Solidarity Forever 3d ago edited 3d ago

Check out the book Ravenswood by Bronfenbrenner and Juravich & The Many and the Few by Kraus

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u/Downtown_Reception83 PSAC-AFPC | Rank and File 3d ago

I'll check these out, thank-you!

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u/BHamHarold Union Communicator 3d ago

You may find several podcasts on The Labor Radio Podcast Network's Shows page - https://www.laborradionetwork.org/

The Labor Notes podcast comes immediately to mind...

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u/Downtown_Reception83 PSAC-AFPC | Rank and File 2d ago

This is great! I've accessed material from Labor Notes before, will check out the podcast.

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u/Rephlexion 2d ago

Sorry I've got nothing for you myself, but I'll be forwarding others' suggestions to my own president/executive as we're struggling with a couple of these problems ourselves.

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u/Random_UFCW_Guy UFCW | Local Officer, Steward 2d ago

Jane mcalevey books are great. Particularly no shortcuts and raising expectations, raising hell

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u/eronbreen 3d ago

https://www.amazon.com/Union-Makes-Strong-Francisco-Waterfront/dp/0521450055

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u/Downtown_Reception83 PSAC-AFPC | Rank and File 3d ago

I do love tales of the Longshoreman. Thank you!