How do we build power in coalition? Rethinking union-community coalition types 12 years on. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tattersall, Amanda
• Is Part Of: Labour & industry. Volume 28:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 68
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Union renewal -- union-community coalitions; social movement unionism; Work -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- Periodicals; Industrial relations; Work; Periodicals; 331.05
• DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2018.1427422
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1030-1763

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Union-community coalitions are an increasingly frequent phenomenon in the industrial landscape. In 2005, 'There is Power in a Coalition' sought to build a typology to understand various kinds of coalitions and define their different features. This article reviews that typology then applies it to the Sydney Alliance. The Sydney Alliance is a broad-based coalition of religious organisations, unions and community organisations that uses community organising to make Sydney a better place for everybody. It has included up to eleven unions at its peak and is an example of a Deep Coalition. The article combines the typology and the practices of the Sydney Alliance to build a more complex and detailed understanding of how Deep Coalitions work and what is likely to make them successful.