Mobilising societal power: Understanding public support for nursing strikes
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چکیده
Framing is regarded as the primary mechanism through which unions generate societal power. This article examines relationship between power and framing in a significant case study—a nursing strike that successfully challenged austerity wages Ireland. Through analysis of messages support for newspapers on Twitter, sources conflict are identified. The findings indicate strategies adopt public acceptance these depend historical sectoral factors. In instant case, nurses benefitted from increased broader labour movement recent waves protest.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Industrial Relations Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0019-8692', '1468-2338']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12356