Exploring Trade Union Identities

Union Identity, Niche Identity and the Problem of Organizing the Unorganized
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0407-0
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Hardback (Adhesive), Format (B × H): 132 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 297 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smale, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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

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.