Go South: union organising in the 21st century by Nigel Flanagan

All Profits go to Medical Aid for Palestine on behalf of Nigel Flanagan.

Are the trade unions back? After the strike wave of 2022 and 2023 the unions are in a better place – more relevant, more active and more popular. They have achieved much in the last 2 years for their members during the worst cost of living crisis since the war. But what next? As strike days are falling again to pre 2022 levels and membership of trade unions is only showing qualified increases it seems that unions must look outside for inspiration. This books discusses where they might find it – in the Global South.

AUTHOR BIO
Long time union organiser Nigel Flanagan – whose career has taken him as union militant, strike leader, full time organiser and activist to diverse corners of the global labour market brings his experience to bear on the new possibilities that exist for strengthening the trade union movement.

Not simply a reflection on his experience Flanagan brings to the question of organising a sharp and critical analysis of the problems thrown up in the new world of work.

Transatlantic and once fashionable organising theory is subject to a searching analysis and an uncompromising eye is cast over the latest developments in the trade union world.

Reading Nigel Flanagan’s words is a bruising experience for some but his starting point is one of fraternal criticism and solidarity.