LEADER 02568nam 2200409 450 001 9910346037303321 005 20180607100409.0 010 $a1-77199-200-X 035 $a(CKB)3840000000342623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5301701 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z9pqrb 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000342623 100 $a20180308h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefying expectations $ethe case of UFCW local 401 /$fJason Foster 210 1$aEdmonton, [Alberta] :$cAthabasca University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (204 pages) 311 $a1-77199-199-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFacing new challenges : from Safeway to Shaw -- Victory at Lakeside -- The old/new look of Local 401 -- Narratives and the making of Local 401 -- Accidental revitalization and the role of leadership -- Revisiting the business/social union divide. 330 $a"In October 2005, Jason Foster, then a staff member of the Alberta Federation of Labour, was walking a picket line outside Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta with the members of local 401. It was a first contract strike. And although the employees of the meat-packing plant--many of whom were immigrants and refugees--had chosen an unlikely partner in the United Food and Commercial Workers local, the newly formed alliance allowed the workers to stand their ground for a three-week strike that ended in the defeat of the notoriously anti-union company, Tyson Foods. It was but one example of a wide range of industries and occupations that local 401 organized over the last twenty years. In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local's leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential components to legitimizing the leadership's exercise of power and its unconventional organizing forces."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLabor unions 615 0$aLabor unions. 676 $a331.88 700 $aFoster$b Jason$0913655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346037303321 996 $aDefying expectations$92046912 997 $aUNINA