... services (expert interviews, groups discussions, expert hearings) and two partial-studies on the renewal of trade unions in East and West Germany (54 expert and 46 employee interviews). Findings Professional pride along with confidence in their own professional skills collides with the market...

... be obtained through installing diversity tokens, which are individuals who have multiple diversity characteristics. Gender Diversification Women executives Glass ceilings Trade unions The goal of this paper is to better understand the relationship between the introduction of self-regulation...

.... Although the Scarlet Alliance – the Australian Sex Workers' Association – comprises sex worker rights organizations, projects, networks and groups, has operated since 1989, is affiliated to the Australian Council of Trade Unions and bars sex industry business owners and operators from membership...

...Tony Bennett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the discussions that took place and the key themes raised at a conference focusing on the role of the union equality representative, held at the British Trades Union Congress (TUC), London, in February 2009. Design/methodology...

...Nicole Avdelidou‐Fischer G.   Kirton . The Making of Women Trade Unionists . Hampshire : Ashgate Publishing Ltd   2006 . xvi + 183 pp. , ISBN: ISBN 0‐7546‐4569‐X   (hard cover) £50.00 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Trade unions Women Social...

...Shona Hunter; Elaine Swan; Colin Lindsay; Anne Munro; Sarah Wise Purpose This paper seeks to analyse trade unions’ approaches to equal opportunities in Scotland, focusing on issues of: recruitment of membership from different groups; promoting diversity in post‐holding; and the role of “key...

...G. Healy; F. Oikelome Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore four types of equality and diversity actors at both the national and the local level and the extent to which such actors may be seen as either alternative sources of loyalty and as replacements in competition with trade unions...

...Franklin Oikelome Purpose To report on conference deliberations. Design/methodology/approach The report is generated through general observations, notes, and tape recordings. Findings Racism is still endemic in british Society. Trade unions risk alienating their black constituency unless...

...P.H. Rohini Trade unions in India accept that large numbers of women have to work if they and their families are to survive. However, women are also expected to take responsibility for running the home and raising the children. Remedies proposed by‐trade unions have been aimed at helping the woman...

... union membership and activities governed by the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. © MCB UP Limited 1987 Discrimination Labour Law Sex Discrimination Trade Unions United Kingdom Discrimination in Employment in the U K by J.R. Carby-Hall, Senior Lecturer in Law, University...

...Christine A N Horton Women constitute over 50 per cent of NALGO membership but are still under‐represented at all levels within the union. Previous explanations of trade union activism have ignored gender differences in union participation. They have not taken the impact of the sexual division...