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A commentary on trade union and higher education engagement |
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Written by Peter O’Brien and Ian Fitzgerald
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Friday, 22 December 2006 |
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This short commentary is based on the differing roles of both authors, one an ex-TUC policy officer and the other an academic who has undertaken a number of action research projects for trade unions. It talks about the overall need for academic and trade union engagement based on the author’s experiences in the North East of England.
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Unions and Good Work |
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Written by John Earls
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Tuesday, 10 October 2006 |
In May 2006 Amicus launched its 'Good Work' campaign and published 'An Agenda for Better Jobs', outlining the key elements that need to be considered in the pursuit of improving the quality of people's working lives.
As part of the campaign we also conducted an on-line survey asking people to identify how their jobs matched up against these criteria. The findings of that survey are published in a new report 'Unions and Good Work'.
It finds that the areas where people's working lives are most lacking are job security, control over the working environment, and being treated with fairness and dignity at work.
There is a strong correlation between people having a trade union voice in the workplace and reporting positive experiences in respect of being treated fairly at work, and feeling in control of their working environment.
63% of those with a trade union voice in the workplace said that they were treated with fairness and dignity at work compared to 44% of those without.
48% of those with a union voice in the workplace said they feel in control of their working environment compared to 39% of those without.
Copies of both the 'Unions and Good Work' report and the Amicus 'Agenda for Better Jobs' are also available on the Amicus website at www.amicustheunion.org/goodwork
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Industrial Relations Journal |
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Written by Union Ideas Network (UIN)
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Tuesday, 26 September 2006 |
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Industrial Relations Journal reports good practice and sound research in industrial relations, industrial relations management and industrial relations law in the UK, the European Union, eastern Europe and elsewhere with regular new features from European based experts. Published five times a year, it bridges the interests of academics and practitioners by providing a forum for the wider dissemination of current thinking by industrial relations practitioners and of sound academic research.
Read the following articles from the latest issue free online:
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British Journal of Industrial Relations |
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Written by Union Ideas Network (UIN)
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Tuesday, 26 September 2006 |
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Blackwell Publishing, publishes BJIR (British Journal of Industrial Relations) and Industrial Relations Journal. BJIR is a quarterly international journal of employment relations. It publishes high quality research on all aspects of the employment relationship and is interested particularly in work that breaks new ground, in subject matter, method and theoretical perspective. Prominent recent themes have included high performance work systems, work-life balance, work quality, trade union revitalisation, and the links between institutional varieties of capitalism and patterns of work and employment.
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Good Work : An Amicus Agenda for Better Jobs |
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Written by John Earls
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Thursday, 29 June 2006 |
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Amicus has launched 'Good Work : An Amicus Agenda for Better Jobs' as part of its 'Good Work' campaign.
With relatively high levels of employment in the UK, there is a need to consider the quality of work experienced by those in employment, looking at what happens when we get to work.
Good Work presents five key elements that need to be
considered in the pursuit of improving the quality of people’s working
lives. They are :
- A safe and healthy workplace
- Control over the working environment
- Secure and interesting work (including support for skills and learning)
- Fairness and dignity at work, and
- A trade union voice
Copies of the report are available on the Union Ideas Network website and the Amicus website.
For further information contact : John Earls, Amicus Research Section Head at
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