Unionism

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Unionism may refer to:

• Trade unionism, support for trade unions
  • Community Unionism, describes the various ways in which trade unions can work with communities and community organisations
  • Craft unionism, an approach to union organizing in the United States and elsewhere that seeks to unify workers in a particular industry along the lines of the particular craft or trade that they work in
  • Dual unionism, the development of a union or political organization parallel to and within an existing labor union
  • Industrial unionism, a labor union organizing method through which all workers in the same industry are organized into the same union
  • New Unionism, a term which has been used twice in the history of the labour movement to describe moves to broaden the union agenda
  • Open-source unionism, a term coined by academics Richard B. Freeman and Joel Rogers to explain a possible new model for organizing workers
  • Social Movement Unionism, a trend of theory and practice in contemporary trade unionism
  • Student unionism in Australia, student organisations at Australian universities known variously as student associations, student guilds, student unions, or student representative councils
  • Voluntary student unionism (VSU), a policy under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary
• Unionism (American Civil War), support for the Union by citizens from both the Northern and Southern states
• Unionism (Central America), a movement for political and economic integration of the states that once comprised the Federal Republic of Central America
• Unionism (Ireland), support for Ireland (or Northern Ireland) being part of the United Kingdom, as opposed to (part of) a Republic of Ireland
  • Also see: Category:Unionism
• Unionists (Scotland), support for Scotland remaining in a union with England
• Unionism (Romania and Moldova), support for the "union of the two Romanian states" of Romania and Moldova.
• Christian ecumenism, refers to initiatives aimed at worldwide religious unity

[edit] Literature

• History of Trade Unionism, a book by Sidney and Beatrice Webb

[edit] Also see

• Union