Leadership and union militancy: The case of the RMT

Darlington, RR

Abstract

The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), which represents the majority of mainline railway and London Underground workers, is currently one of the most militant and left-wing trade unions in Britain. Drawing on the study of leadership provided by mobilisation theory, this article explores the extent to which union leadership, dominated by left-wing activists at every level of the union, has been an important contributory catalyst, symptom and beneficiary of union militancy relative to other influencing factors such as the impact of privatisation, managerial belligerence, and immediate grievances over pay and conditions.

Citation

Darlington, R. (2009). Leadership and union militancy: The case of the RMT. Capital and Class, 3-99

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Sep 22, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: Capital and Class
• Print ISSN: 0309-8168
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 99
• Pages: 3-99