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- Title
Topics a Union President Visited to Mobilize Members.
- Authors
Reshef, Yonathan; Keim, Charles
- Abstract
We explore how the British Columbia Teachers' Federation president used language to mobilize union members for collective action. We look at four appeals to action he sent during a recent labour conflict to understand how he constructed his calls to justify collective action and inspire agency. In particular, we survey the main topics, or commonplaces, he visited to develop his arguments, and discuss why he chose them and how he applied them to construct a reality conducive to collective action.
- Subjects
COLLECTIVE action; BRITISH Columbia Teachers' Federation (Organization); LABOR unions; BRITISH Columbia politics &; government; CONFLICT management
- Publication
Industrial Relations / Relations Industrielles, 2018, Vol 73, Issue 2, p274
- ISSN
0034-379X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1048571ar