Representing workers : trade union recognition and membership in Britain
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Representing workers : trade union recognition and membership in Britain
(The future of trade unions in Britain, 1)
Routledge, 2003
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Representing workers : union recognition and membership in Britain
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-187) and index
Contents of Works
- Representing workers in modern Britain / Howard Gospel and Stephen Wood
- Trade union decline, new workplaces and new workers / Stephen Machin
- Young workers and trade unions / Richard Freeman and Wayne Diamond
- Willingness to unionize amongst non-union workers / Andy Charlwood
- Buying into union membership / Alex Bryson and Rafael Gomez
- What do unions do for women? / Helen Bewley and Sue Fernie
- The impact of the trade union recognition procedure under the Employment Relations Act, 2000-2 / Stephen Wood, Sian Moore and Keith Ewing
- Dilemmas in worker representation : information, consultation and negotiation / Howard Gospel and Paul Willman
- A US perspective on the future of trade unions in Britain / Thomas A. Kochan
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Employment relations are at a crossroad. Historically, trade union channels in advanced economies have dominated worker representation, but with the decline in union membership other forms of representation are becoming increasingly significant.
This timely book is the result of significant research addressing key issues underlying these developments. A group of internationally-renowned employment relations specialists, under the Leverhulme Foundation Future of Trade Unionism Programme, consider issues such as:
trends in trade union membership
factors behind the decline of union membership
young workers and trade unionism
the law and union recognition
European influences on worker representation
non-union representation
trade unionism in the context of new forms of representation
enhancing the appeal of unions.
This timely new study of worker representation contains powerful analysis and is one of the most broad-ranging studies of representation available. It is essential reading for anyone studying or working in employment relations.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Representing Workers in Modern Britain 2. Recognition 3. Negotitation, Consultation and Information 4. Union Membership 5. Women and Trade Unions 6. Young Workers and their Propensity to Join Trade Unions 7. New Workplaces, New Workers 8. Buying into Union Membership? A Comparative Analysis 9. Employer Strategies and Union Counter-Strategies 10. The Future of Trade Unions in Britain: A North American Perspective
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