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AFSCME's Social Worker Overload: Digital media stories, union advocacy and neoliberalism

Abstract

This article presents a case study analysis of Social Worker Overload, a digital media story created by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and shared publicly using the social media site YouTube. This story uses worker testimonials to present a compelling story about the effects of neoliberalism on social care work in the field of child protection. This story illustrates how the Department of Children and …

Authors

La Rose T

Journal

Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 527–542

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

September 2016

DOI

10.1177/0022185616638119

ISSN

0022-1856