What is it about?
Under deep crisis conditions in Greece, workers' forms of protest have moved outside the workplace. The article provides quantitative evidence, and explores some qualitative dimensions of this phenomenon in the mobilisations of grassroots unions, including those led by women and immigrants. It shows that although such mobilisations do not exercise control over production, their strength lies in their better ability and motivation in building links with mobilisations that concern a broader community.
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Why is it important?
Much research and publicity during the crisis in Greece has focused on self-management as a practice of labour struggle. This article shows that, on the contrary, the crisis created conditions of insecurity that pushed labour mobilisation outside workplaces. It explores the implications of this for the mobilisation of different population groups and some of their gendered and racialised dimensions.
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Insecure workers in Greece have been forced to struggle without direct stakes in production, resorting instead to blockades, demonstrations and publicity campaigns. By doing so, however, they open up to creating networks of solidarity that raise broader social issues and demands.
Dr Dimitra Kotouza
Independent Researcher
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This page is a summary of: Practices of Labor Activism in Greece: Inside and Outside the Workplace, Journal of Labor and Society, August 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/wusa.12299.
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