Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work?
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Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work?

Specialist Trade Union Representation in the United Kingdom

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work?

Specialist Trade Union Representation in the United Kingdom

About this book

Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work? reflects on how existing forms of workplace representation have changed in recent years and how new forms have developed. There is increasing interest in 'fine-tuning' representation, and in reflecting the complexity and nuances of specific groups of workers and themes at work such as equality, ecology, learning, and others. However, this study examines the extent of these developments and what they represent as innovative trade union roles. Chapters examine a wide range of highly prescient workplace issues, including:

  • The changing role of the health and safety representative
  • Equality representatives and new forms of trade union voice
  • Learning, training and union representation
  • Young workers in trade union revitalization
  • 'Green reps' and the matter of ecological questions and politics

Focusing or Fragmenting Representation at Work? ends by reviewing the challenges and debates on new forms of trade union representation and raises proactive and thought provoking questions for academic researchers examining trade unions, industrial relations and the sociology of work, as well as current trade unionists and trade union representatives.

Featuring a balance of texts on the changing nature of and the history of trade union change and transformation, the series Trade Unionism gives space for in-depth, detailed analysis and captures key themes on the nature of internationalism and trade unionism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction: The Reshaping of Workplace Representation in the United Kingdom and the Development of Focused Trade Union Roles
  4. Chapter 2. The Changing Role of the Health and Safety Representative in the UK: Between a Hostile Regulatory Environment and the Expansion of Health and Safety Agendas
  5. Chapter 3. Equality Representatives: An Evolving Form of Specialist Union Representation
  6. Chapter 4. Union Learning Representatives in the United Kingdom: Between Rhetoric and Reality and Denial
  7. Chapter 5. Understanding Young Worker Representation in Trade Unions
  8. Chapter 6. The Green Representative and the Ecological Dimension of Workplace Politics
  9. Chapter 7. Developments, Possibilities and Connections: Reflecting on the Challenges and Significance of New Forms of Trade Union Representation
  10. Index