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==Organizing versus servicing== The development of the organizing model is as opposed to the servicing model, and there are various differences between the two models for union structure.<ref name="Fletcher" /> Edmund Heery, Melanie Simms, Dave Simpson, Rick Delbridge, and John Salmon talk about how in the servicing model, "...the function of the union is to deliver collective and individual services to members who are dependent on the formal organization and its hierarchy of officers to provide what they require."<ref name="Heery et al">{{cite journal|doi=10.1108/eum0000000005307|title=Organizing unionism comes to the UK|journal=Employee Relations|volume=22|pages=38β57|year=2000|last1=Heery|first1=Edmund|last2=Simms|first2=Melanie|last3=Simpson|first3=Dave|last4=Delbridge|first4=Rick|last5=Salmon|first5=John|issue=1 }}</ref> Heery, Simms, Simpson, Delbridge, and Salmon state that the organizing model is different from the servicing model because it focuses instead on making union members feel "empowered",<ref name="Heery et al" /> rather than alienated from the whole union process and environment.<ref name="Heery et al" /> Jack Fiorito states that the organizing model and the servicing model cannot be considered separate and there needs to be provision for using both models at the same time;<ref name="Fiorito" /> Fiorito's research about British union members showed that "...a large number of responses express reservations about the OM or at least the organizing vs. servicing dichotomy suggested. Many of these responses emphasize the importance of service as an aid to organizing (18%) or something that is expected by the members (23%)."<ref name="Fiorito" /> Fiorito believes that the organizing model and the servicing model are not mutually exclusive in some cases;<ref name="Fiorito" /> there are some instances when the two models could be complementary.<ref name="Fiorito" /> The debate over the organizing model versus the servicing model is widespread and multifaceted.<ref name="Fletcher" /> Even the goals of the organizing model are debated and disagreed upon.<ref name="Fletcher" />
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