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Simms, Melanie

 
9780801478130: Union Voices: Tactics and Tensions in UK Organizing
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ISBN 10: 0801478138 ISBN 13: 9780801478130
Editorial: ILR Press, 2012

Sinopsis

In Union Voices, the result of a thirteen-year research project, three industrial relations scholars evaluate how labor unions fared in the political and institutional context created by Great Britain's New Labour government, which was in power from 1997 to 2010. Drawing on extensive empirical evidence, Melanie Simms, Jane Holgate, and Edmund Heery present a multilevel analysis of what organizing means in the UK, how it emerged, and what its impact has been.

Although the supportive legislation of the New Labour government led to considerable optimism in the late 1990s about the prospects for renewal, Simms, Holgate, and Heery argue that despite considerable evidence of investment, new practices, and innovation, UK unions have largely failed to see any significant change in their membership and influence. The authors argue that this is because of the wider context within which organizing activity takes place and also reflects the fundamental tensions within these initiatives. Even without evidence of any significant growth in labor influence across UK society more broadly, organizing campaigns have given many of the participants an opportunity to grow and flourish. The book presents their experiences and uses them to show how their personal commitment to organizing and trade unionism can sometimes be undermined by the tensions and tactics used during campaigns.

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Melanie Simms is Associate Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick. Jane Holgate is Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations at Leeds University. Edmund Heery is Professor of Employment Relations at Cardiff Business School. He is the coauthor of Working for the Union and Management Control and Union Power and coeditor of several books.

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Editorial
ILR Press
Año de publicación
2012
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0801478138
ISBN 13 
9780801478130
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Número de páginas
204
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