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SUMMARY:WEI Seminar with visiting postdoctoral researcher Alba Arenales L
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DESCRIPTION:Mobilising Power Resources in Hospitality: Strategic Use of P
 ickets\, Strikes\, and Legal Action in Spain\n\nHospitality is one of th
 e main industries in Spain\, representing more than 9% of the workforce.
  Yet\, as elsewhere\, precarity is prevalent in the sector\, marked by t
 he widespread use of part-time and temporary contracts as well as inform
 al work\, and it employs a largely young\, feminised\, and migrant workf
 orce. While this sector faces important challenges to collective mobilis
 ation – among them high staff turnover and the widespread view of hospit
 ality as transitional work – the capacity of workers to resist deteriora
 ting conditions is often underestimated.\n\nIn this seminar\, I will pre
 sent preliminary findings from my qualitative research\, which draws on 
 interviews with organisers and participants from a variety of workers’ o
 rganisations. I examine three of the most common tactics used in labour 
 disputes in the Spanish hospitality sector: legal action\, strike action
 \, and picketing. The presentation will focus in particular on picketing
 \, as a widely employed tactic within escalatory strategies\, illustrati
 ng how hospitality workers adapt their repertoires of action to the dist
 inctive characteristics of this sector. Building on the Power Resource A
 pproach\, I argue that although the structural power of hospitality work
 ers is limited\, their strategic use of associational\, ideational\, and
  coalitional resources has enabled them to achieve significant victories
 .\n\nThis event is open to internal staff and students at The University
  of Manchester. Please register via Eventbrite.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G.018\, Aliiance Manchester Business School\, Booth Street West\
 , Manchester\, M15 6PB
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