The Role of Community Organisations in the Collective Mobilisation of Migrant Workers: The Importance of a ‘Community’-Oriented Perspective

Joyce Jiang and Marek Korczynski
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Joyce Jiang: University of York, UK
Marek Korczynski: Nottingham University, UK

Work, Employment & Society, 2024, vol. 38, issue 2, 339-357

Abstract: In examining the collective mobilisation of migrant workers, scholars have explored the emergence of community organisations as alternative forms of worker representation. However, community unionism scholars tend to adopt a union-centric perspective, which leaves unexplored the complex nature of community organisations. We argue that it is important to adopt a ‘community’-oriented perspective. Such a perspective allows us to explore varied capacity for collective actions and different forms of identity framing across community organisations. We argue that these can affect the union–community relationship and organising outcomes. By comparing ethnographic case studies of the role of two community organisations vis-a-vis the collective mobilisation of migrant workers, we conclude that community organisations which focus on participatory internal relations, and which frame collective identities (including class) in an intersectional way, are more likely to have reciprocal relationships with trade unions and contribute to collective mobilisation.

Keywords: collective mobilisation; community organisation; community organising; ethnography; migrant domestic workers; migrant workers; Polish workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/09500170221138008

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