independent union

In the United Kingdom, indie union is a term used to describe younger grassroots trade unions which organise workers seen as unorganisable by mainstream trade unions, particularly migrant workers and those working in precarious employment. The three main indie unions are:

• The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain
• The United Voices of the World
• The Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union.

{{See also|List of labor unions in the United States#Independent}}

In North America, a national independent union is a union of a national character not affiliated with the AFL - CIO; a local independent union is one of a local character not affiliated with the international union having jurisdiction over that branch of industry.{{cite journal |last1=Roach |first1=John |editor1-last=Snow |editor1-first=Henry |title=Federated Trade Unionism |journal=The Elevator Constructor |date=1903 |volume=I |issue=11 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEd9AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA2 |access-date=16 May 2020 |publisher=International Union of Elevator Constructors |language=en}}

• {{section link|List of labor unions in the United States|Independent}}
• National Federation of Independent Unions
• United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
• Industrial Workers of the World

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• {{cite book |last1=Jacoby |first1=Sanford M. |author1-link=Sanford M. Jacoby |editor1-last=Kaufman |editor1-first=Bruce E. |editor2-last=Taras |editor2-first=Daphne Gottlieb |title=Nonunion Employee Representation: History, Contemporary Practice, and Policy |date=2000 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-3857-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCg7hfxrr_UC |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCg7hfxrr_UC&pg=PA76 |access-date=16 May 2020 |chapter=A Road Not Taken: Independent Local Unions in the United States Since 1935 |language=en}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Però |first=Davide |date=2020 |title=Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26970336 |journal=Work, Employment & Society |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=900–918 |issn=0950-0170}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Holly |date=2022-08-01 |title=The ‘indie unions’ and the UK labour movement: Towards a community of practice |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0143831X211009956 |journal=Economic and Industrial Democracy |language=en |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=1369–1390 |doi=10.1177/0143831X211009956 |issn=0143-831X |url-access=subscription}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Weghmann |first=Vera |date=2022-07-01 |title=Theorising practice: independent Trade Unions in the UK |url=https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36809/13/36809_WEGHMANN_Theorising%20practice.pdf |journal=Work in the Global Economy |language=en |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=132–147 |doi=10.1332/273241721X16510573048560}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Holly |date=2023 |title=The rise of indie unions |url=https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=69176 |journal=Work and Equalities Institute}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Weghmann |first=Vera |date=2023-01-01 |title=The tail that wags the dog: lessons from the UK's independent unions for class struggle trade unionism |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/er-01-2022-0046/full/html |journal=Employee Relations: The International Journal |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=808–822 |doi=10.1108/ER-01-2022-0046 |issn=0142-5455}}

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