...Abstract This chapter examines the role that Member States(MS) envisaged for trade unions when they implemented the EU Directive on Whistleblowing (EUD), which came into force in 2021. The EUD adopts a three-tiered approach to disclosures of information about wrongdoing, namely, internal, external...

...This chapter examines how a major Canadian trade union responds to technological change in unionized aerospace factories. Drawing on Jane McAlevy's theorization of the agents of union activity – paid unionists, committed activists, and rank-and-file workers – it advances a conceptual model...

...This chapter explores the intersection of ethnographic research and worker organizing, drawing on the author's extensive experience as both an academic and a trade union activist. It reflects on the value and challenges of embedding political agendas within academic practice, particularly...

... seems to question the stability of established forms of regulation and representation based on management and trade union stakeholders. On the other hand, the nature of representation within the workplace is widening to include a range of social and organisational questions. To understand these changes...

...In short, the concept of young workers as a separate category confronting specific problems within the world of work, and therefore requiring special representation within trade unions, is a relatively recent development. This is reinforced by the fact that in the UK, age is a protected...

... welfare. The primary data collected from the trade union leaders were analyzed using the statistical computer package SPSS. Appropriate tests were used for analysis. It can be seen that the leaders were not at all satisfied with any of the facilities except for safety practices for the employees...

... confrontations between employees, trade unions and the organisation. However, there are also disadvantages to this approach. If the temporarily laid-off employees perceive that the prospect of returning to work is grim, they will ultimately leave the organisation indefinitely. The most favourable decision...

... of the week is spent at the office, and a part at home, might well become the norm. Employers, workers, trade unions, and governments will need to adapt to the new normal. Work from home remote work digitalisation COVID-19 labour markets labour productivity trade unions 3.1. Introduction If a pandemic...

... insecure work labour standards statutory protections trade unions Introduction The institutions that were once relied upon to protect workers’ wages, conditions and job security are eroding. Since the 1980s, trade union membership has declined in most countries. So too have traditional forms of ‘joint...

...Abstract This chapter assesses the response by trade unions in New Zealand, Australia and Ireland to labour market deregulation since the 1980s. While these three countries have been on the front line of neoliberalism, and the traditional web of rules in each country has been weakened, change has...

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... in a comprehensively complex domestic and global context. Gig economy China trade unions migrant workers platforms status urban–rural divide informal employment Introduction It is clear that informal employment relations tend to lack stable training, while career progression and promotion opportunities...

... this. This chapter examines the reasons why migrant workers are often subject to exploitation and marginalisation in the labour market. It then analyses the roles of the three main actors with the capacity to protect and improve migrant workers’ labour market position: governments, trade unions and community...

...Sexual harassment gender-based violence public transport Kenya trade unions employers Introduction Sexual harassment was brought to global attention when the #MeToo movement took off on social media in 2017 after actress Alyssa Milano posted her story on Twitter and asked others to share...

... a separate or an additional ground for harassment of women in male-dominated work ( Wright, 2016b ). Trades Union Congress (TUC) research has shown that sexual harassment is more prevalent for younger women, women with disabilities, those from BME backgrounds, from the LGBT community and those in precarious...

...Abstract This chapter begins by introducing trade unions: their purpose in representing members, different perspectives on the role and impact of trade unions and the opposition they face within the workplace. The chapter proceeds to discuss the role of, and particular challenges faced...

.... Product innovation process innovation trade unions collective bargaining employer organization comparative J28 J51 J81 L23 Introduction Innovation is an important source of productivity growth ( Aghion & Howitt, 2007 ; Cummins & Violante, 2002 ; Griffith, Redding, & Van Reenen, 2004...

... and ecological pressures. Work history industrial relations work evolution industrial revolution trade unions precarity Introduction According to Rousseau (1762 (1920) : ch I), ‘Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains’. We may consider, briefly, from where do these chains arise. Not, as some...

... the challenges, pathways and dilemmas social democratic unions face in the knowledge economy. Similar to industrialisation, the knowledge economy has the potential to fundamentally change the social fabric that trade unions derive their power resources from. There are three major and interrelated challenges: (1...

...Relevance and Permanence The primary theme identified from the analysis of the text of the interviewees was a debate around whether the gig economy is sufficiently large and permanent to require trade unions to become involved in it. As a self-selected group the majority of interviewees...