The Future for Unions - A Draft discussion paper Print E-mail
Written by Tom Wilson   
Friday, 23 February 2007
A draft discussion paper which sets out a more optimistic scenario for the future of collectivism at work and includes lots of numbers, to help inform debate. It includes a forecast of UK union membership in 2010 based on an occupational analysis of LFS figures and an analysis of union membership figures for all CO registered unions, adjusted for mergers/transfers from 97 to 04. It argues that UK union members are becoming much more Professional/Associate professional/Managerial; that occupational identity is crucial and partly explains UK Unions' relative success; and includes some reflections on the charachteristics of growing unions.

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