Focusing or fragmenting representation at work? : specialist trade union representation in the United Kingdom

• Other Authors: Hodder, Andy (Editor), Lucio, Miguel Martínez (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
• Subjects: Labor unions > Great Britain.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781801174848
• DOI: 10.1108/9781801174824
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (146 pages)

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 g...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The reshaping of workplace representation in the United Kingdom and the development of focused trade union roles / Andy Hodder and Miguel Martínez Lucio
• 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 / Miguel Martínez Lucio and Stephen Mustchin
• Chapter 3. Equality representatives: An evolving form of specialist union representation / Gill Kirton
• Chapter 4. Union learning representatives in the United Kingdom: Between rhetoric and reality and denial / Stephen Mustchin and Miguel Martínez Lucio
• Chapter 5. Understanding young worker representation in trade unions / Melanie Simms and Andy Hodder
• Chapter 6. The green representative and the ecological dimension of workplace politics / Jo Cutter
• Chapter 7. Developments, possibilities and connections: Reflecting on the challenges and significance of new forms of trade union representation / Miguel Martínez Lucio and Andy Hodder.