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The 1968-1974 labour upsurge in Britain and America: a critical history, and a look at what might have been
Cohen, Sheila (2008)This paper examines the last notable period of working-class unrest in Britain and America, the 1968-74 'upsurge'. It questions the widespread dismissal of such workplace-based, 'economistic' forms of resistance as ... -
Equal pay - or what? : Economics, politics and the 1968 Ford sewing machinists' strike
Cohen, Sheila (2012-02)The 40-year anniversary of the Equal Pay Act in 2010 brought a new notoriety to what was once an obscure dispute – the Ford sewing machinists’ strike of 1968. Even a film, Made In Dagenham, has now been released in Britain ... -
Left Agency and Class Action : The Paradox of Workplace Radicalism
Cohen, Sheila (2011-10)This paper seeks to examine the valuable concept of left agency and interrogate it in terms of an inherent paradox not immediately apparent to many who support the role of politicised activists in the workplace. This paradox ... -
Opening Pandora's Box : the Paradox of Institutional Organising
Cohen, Sheila (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) -
The Red Mole : Workers Councils and Class Consciousness
Cohen, Sheila (Haymarket Books, 2011) -
Workers Organising Workers : Grass Roots Struggle as the Past and future of trade union renewal
Cohen, Sheila (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)