Exploring Trade Union Identities : : Union Identity, Niche Identity and the Problem of Organizing the Unorganized / / Bob Smale.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Smale, Bob,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 1 Black and White
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Tables --; List of Abbreviations --; Notes on the Author --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; Introduction --; What’s the Problem? --; A New Approach to Understanding Union Identities --; General Union Identity --; Industrial/Occupational Union Identity --; Organizational Union Identity --; Geographical Union Identity --; The Developing Story of Union Identities --; Comparative Analysis of Union Identities --; The Future of Union Identities and Niche Unionism --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781529204087; 9783111196718
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bob Smale.

The world of work has changed and so have trade unions with mergers, rebrandings and new unions being formed. The question is, how positioned are the unions to organize the unorganized? With more than three quarters of UK workers unrepresented and the growth of precarious employment and the gig economy this topical new book by Bob Smale reports up-to-date research on union identities and what he terms ‘niche unionism’, while raising critical questions for the future.