... 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 This leads to two predictions. First, we expect that pension fund boards would be more diverse than...

... can be contacted at: g.gall@herts.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Trade unions Gender Organizations Advocacy Pressure groups The sex “industry” is a large and growing sector of economic activity through many nation states and the global economy. As sex has...

...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...

... in data surrounding women's gender and union identities, as well as influences of different contexts on trade union careers. I found the writing to be clear and straightforward, but I believe that Kirton's talent for qualitative research is mainly demonstrated in lively described observations...

...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...