Exploring Trade Union Identities

Bob Smale

ISBN 10: 1529204070 / ISBN 13: 9781529204070

Published by Bristol University Press, GB, 2020

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Trade Union Identities
• Publisher: Bristol University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529204070
• ISBN 13: 9781529204070
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.