Exploring Trade Union Identities

Union Identity, Niche Identity and the Problem of Organizing the Unorganized

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

The world of work has changed and so have trade unions with mergers, rebrandings and new unions being formed. The question is, how positioned are the unions to organize the unorganized? With more than three quarters of UK workers unrepresented and the growth of precarious employment and the gig economy this topical new book by Bob Smale reports up-to-date research on union identities and what he terms ‘niche unionism’, while raising critical questions for the future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-08
Mått:127 x 203 x 14 mm
Vikt:297 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529204070

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Mer om författaren

Bob Smale retired from University of Brighton in 2018 after half a century of trade union membership and activism and more than thirty years of working in education. He is now concentrating on research and writing. His research interests include employee relations and pedagogy.

Recensioner i media

"Based on extensive and meticulous research, Bob Smale provides a rich and important contribution to understanding why people join different types of unions. Exploring the relationship between general and niche unions, he identifies what we can learn for future forms of worker organization. A very valuable read." Jacqueline O’Reilly, University of Sussex

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction;What is the problem?;A new approach to understanding trade union identities and the role of niche;The general unions;The industrial and occupational unions;The organisational unions;The geographical unions;The developing story of union identities and niche unionism;The future of union identities and niche unionism.