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Representing Workers: Trade Union Recognition and Membership in Britain
Contributor(s): Gospel, Howard (Editor), Wood, Stephen (Editor)
ISBN: 0415287286     ISBN-13: 9780415287289
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $61.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2003
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Annotation: The first in Routledge's new series, "The Future of Trade Unions in Modern Britain," this book deals with the questions of employee representation, trade union recognition and membership of unions in Britain. Pushing forward the boundaries of academic research on unions, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach, and involves employment relations specialists as well as academics from economics, psychology, business and labour history, sociology, marketing and geography. Each chapter will overview a different topic and include original research based on primary data collection.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
Dewey: 331.880
LCCN: 2002152698
Lexile Measure: 1520
Series: Future of Trade Unions in Britain
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.73 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher 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.