Representing workers : trade union recognition and membership in Britain / edited by Howard Gospel and Stephen Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gospel, Howard F.

Wood, Stephen, 1948-

Series:

Future of trade unions in Britain

The future of trade unions in Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Great Britain.

Labor unions.

Great Britain.

Industrial relations--Great Britain.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Representing workers in 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-187) and index.

ISBN:

0415287278

0415287286

OCLC:

50868289