Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media
研究了英国组织Union Solidarity International如何利用互联网和社交媒体促进国际工会团结，发现其虽能吸引英语国家受众，但在动员集体行动和覆盖非英语国家方面效果有限。
Abstract This article examines the activities of Union Solidarity International (USI), a new UK‐based organisation in the international union arena. USI seeks to encourage and support international solidarity between trade unions and other worker movements around the world by harnessing the dynamism of the Internet and social media. Drawing on a combination of in‐depth semi‐structured interviews, documentary analysis, Google Analytics and social media data, the findings of this case study suggest that USI is successfully developing an international audience in the United States, the UK and Ireland. However, USI's ability to reach beyond English‐speaking countries and mobilise people to engage in collective action appears limited. The article makes an important contribution to the growing literature on social media in industrial relations through analysing the extent to which digital technologies can contribute to effective transnational labour solidarity.