Abstract
The chapter focuses on a series of questions based on the
cases presented earlier. It focuses on explaining the main causal mechanisms
or drivers that have configured changes in specialised worker representatives
and the role structural, political, and discrete cultural factors have played.
The chapter explains the roles played by more focused forms of trade un
ion representation beyond their formal functions and remits. The chapter
asks whether such new forms of representation generate and represent a new
form of solidarity. The chapter ends by suggesting that future research must
account for the form and content, let alone context, of such forms of representation and their organisational and social potential.
cases presented earlier. It focuses on explaining the main causal mechanisms
or drivers that have configured changes in specialised worker representatives
and the role structural, political, and discrete cultural factors have played.
The chapter explains the roles played by more focused forms of trade un
ion representation beyond their formal functions and remits. The chapter
asks whether such new forms of representation generate and represent a new
form of solidarity. The chapter ends by suggesting that future research must
account for the form and content, let alone context, of such forms of representation and their organisational and social potential.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Focusing or Fragmenting representation at Work? |
| Subtitle of host publication | Specialist trade union representation in the United Kingdom |
| Editors | Andy Hodder, Miguel Martinez Lucio |
| Place of Publication | Leeds |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 113-126 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781801174824 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781801174831 |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Keywords
- worker representation
- shop stewards
- health and safety representatives
- green representatives
- union learning representatives
- equality representatives
- young worker representatives
- trade unions
- union renewal
- organisational change
- UK
- workplace politics
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Work and Equalities Institute
