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1. What’s Happening? The Truth About Work & The Myth of “Work-Life Balance”. Author : Edited by Sheila Cohen
Workers, activists, union supporters… Find out "What's Happening??" in the workplace - today!! In 1998, a range of workplace trade union activists provided contributions to a much-appreciated pamphlet, "What's happ...

Monday, 28 April 2008 | Read more...

2. Workers are doing it for themselves: Examining creative employee application of Web 2.0 communicatio Author : James Richards
The looks at new forms of Web communication technology and how new Web communication technologies may affect the future direction of industrial relations. The main foci of the paper is Web 2.0, or the recent transformation of the World-Wide-Web to al...

Sunday, 07 October 2007 | Read more...

3. Working Against Racism - A trade union challenge for the 21st Century Author : Wilf Sullivan
The changing nature of the modern labour market, the political consequences of European enlargement, deregulation and the increased penetration of the market into what was previously state provision have pushed issues of racism and xenophobia of the ...

Wednesday, 20 June 2007 | Read more...

4. Working in the UK: Polish Migrant Worker Routes into Employment in the North East and North West Author : Ian Fitzgerald
Working in the UK: Polish Migrant Worker Routes into Employment in the North East and North West Construction and Food Processing Sectors This report presents the findings of a TUC-funded project that sought to identify the main...

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 | Read more...

5. Workplace Representatives - A Review Of Their Facilities And Facility Time Author : DTI
In June 2006, following prior consultation, the Government launched a review of the facilities and facility time provided to workplace representatives. This consultation document presents the first findings of that review. The basic is...

Sunday, 14 January 2007 | Read more...

6. Why Dont Unions have Anti Bullying officers? Author : Doru Athinodoru
Union membership has seen a steep decline since our heyday of 1980. There are a number of factors for this decline including the ending of the closed shop, the decline in the manufacturing industries the greater use of fixed term contracts, agency st...

Tuesday, 05 September 2006 | Read more...

7. Wither the Olympic Spirit? Author : Mick Rix
In promoting the London 2012 Olympic Games (the ‘Games’) Lord Coe, Tessa Jowell and Ken Livingstone have widely courted the general public, local East London communities and the British trade union movement with commitments regarding th...

Tuesday, 08 August 2006 | Read more...

8. What Voice Do British Workers Want?" CEP Discussion Paper 731 Author : ALex Bryson and Richard Freeman
The problems/need for representation and participation reported by workers vary across workplaces and by types of jobs. Workers with greater workplace needs are more desirous of unions but their preferences are fine-grained. Workers want unions to ...

Friday, 21 July 2006 | Read more...

9. Worker Needs and Voice in the US and the UK Author : Alex Bryson
Workers have responded differently to declining union density in the US and UK. US workers haveunfilled demand for unions whereas many UK workers free-ride at unionized workplaces . To explain this difference, we create a scalar measure of worker n...

Monday, 19 June 2006 | Read more...

10. Workers' Memorial Day, 28 April Author : Rory ONeill
Workers' Memorial Day, 28 April 28 April is International Workers' Memorial Day. Hazards magazine has prepared extensive web resources to assist union organising 28 April activities. This includes a listing of events worldwide, links...

Wednesday, 26 April 2006 | Read more...

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