https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/anti.12621?af=R Abstract

This article examines the typology of worker centres from a socio"?spatial perspective. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative fieldwork and applying the multidimensional TPSN (Territory, Place, Scale and Network) framework, it analyses three worker centres: Make the Road New York (MRNY), Retail Action Project (RAP) and Laundry Workers Center (LWC). Each model is the result of the predominance of certain logics of action, political strategies, and spatialities. The multidimensional socio"?spatial approach allows us to identify the advantages and problems of each strategy. MRNY shows a territory"?based strategy that combines membership participation with effective advocacy on different scales. RAP, despite focusing on services, has been able to overcome the fragmentation of the retail industry and escalate to regulating labour relations at the industry level. LWC prioritises workplace organising and shows a high level of experimentalism and grassroots base, although the results of their irradiation strategy are very modest.

Resumen

Este art??culo examina la tipolog??a de centros de trabajadores desde una perspectiva socio"?espacial. Bas??ndose en trabajo de campo etnogr??fico y cualitativo, y aplicando el marco multidimensional Territorio, Lugar, Escala y Red (TPSN en ingl?s), analiza tres centros de trabajadores: Make the Road New York (MRNY), Retail Action Project (RAP) y Laundry Workers Center (LWC). Cada modelo es el resultado del predominio de ciertas l??gicas de acci??n, estrategias pol??ticas y espacialidades. La aproximaci??n socio"?espacial multidimensional permite identificar las ventajas y problemas de cada estrategia. MRNY muestra una estrategia basada en el territorio, que combina la participaci??n de las bases con un trabajo efectivo de incidencia pol??tica en diferentes escalas. RAP, a pesar de estar centrada en la provisi??n de servicios, ha sido capaz de superar la fragmentaci??n de la industria del comercio al por menor y escalar hacia la regulaci??n de las relaciones laborales a nivel de industria. LWC prioriza la organizaci??n en los centros de trabajo y muestra un alto grado de experimentalidad y car??cter de base, aunque los resultados de su estrategia de irradiaci??n son por el momento bastante modestos.

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