Political Activism and Workplace Industrial Relations in a UK ‘Failing’ School

Calveley, Moira; Healy, Geraldine

doi:10.1111/1467-8543.00263

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“…I have never felt that I could not be in a union. (Interview 14) Rather than being alternatives to trade unionism, social movements (whether the women's movement, black consciousness or left-wing political parties) appear to foster collectivist values and feed into contemporary trade unionism, although this is likely to involve a challenge to the long-standing union agenda (see Calveley and Healy, 2003;Colgan and Ledwith, 2002;Gall, 1998;McKenzie, 2003;Virdee and Grint, 1994).…”

Section: The Radical Route: Political Activism Feminism and Black Comentioning

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Individualism and collectivism revisited: a study of black and minority ethnic women

Healy

Bradley

Mukherjee

2004

Industrial Relations Journal

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This article seeks to add discussion of the intersection of gender and ethnicity to the debates on individualism and collectivism. In doing so, it challenges the prevailing view, in these debates, of the rise of individualism and the decline in collectivism. Through a study of black and minority ethnic women trade unionists, it shows how a differentiated workforce, rather than leading to individualism at work, may contribute to union renewal and inspire more creative forms of collectivism.The distinction between individualism and collectivism has come to form one of the key axes along which debates on industrial relations have been conducted and discussion on their balance has been wide-ranging and contested (Kessler and Purcell, 2003). Trade unions have long been seen as a main site for the development of collective values and a rise in individualism has often been linked to a decline in trade union membership and social power (Pakulski and Waters, 1996;Willis, 1990). It has been argued that trade unions themselves have responded to socioeconomic changes by changing their policies and style to focus more on individual members in response to the individualisation of the employment relationship.The debates in industrial relations are set against sociological theses asserting broad sweeps of individualisation as part of the development of modernist and capitalist societies (Beck, 1992;Giddens, 1990;Valkenburg, 1995). Against this contested backdrop, the article aims to illuminate the complex nature of individualism and collectivism by exploring the intersection of gender and ethnicity in trade unions and thereby challenge thinking on individualism and collectivism that is framed in a dichotomous, unidirectional and imprecise way.The article will revisit the debates on individualism and collectivism, with particular emphasis on the differentiation of the workforce. After discussing our fieldwork, we shall focus on three issues, which show how the intersection of gender and ethnicity can illuminate debates on collectivism. We discuss solidaristic collectivism (exploring the routes to and the experience of solidarism); instrumental collectivism; and the limits to collectivism. Whilst we distinguish analytically between these two types of collectivism, in practice they overlap and interrelate.

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Section: The Radical Route: Political Activism Feminism and Black Comentioning

confidence: 99%

Individualism and collectivism revisited: a study of black and minority ethnic women

Healy

Bradley

Mukherjee

2004

Industrial Relations Journal

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“…À partir de l'analyse des récits, émerge une conception du syndicat qui relève avant tout d'un « instrumentalisme protectionniste ». Ainsi, les interviewés insistent de manière récurrente sur la protection juridique offerte par le syndicat en cas de difficulté professionnelle ou d'accusations susceptibles d'émaner des collègues, de la hiérarchie, des élèves ou des parents (Calveley et Healy, 2003). Les besoins « de sécurité », « d'assurance » ou encore de « protection de soi », au cas où des « accusations ridicules » seraient formulées, sont constamment évoqués.…”

Section: Encadré 2 : Le Paysage Syndical Enseignant En Angleterreunclassified

Usages et conceptions des organisations syndicales chez les enseignants du second degré : une comparaison France-Angleterre

Moreau

2014

Sociologie du Travail

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“…For example, a study involving the National Union of Teachers (NUT) found that local managerial power generated problems for the unions that were more-or-less specific to the workplace and, to an extent, set local union activities apart from the wider union (Calveley and Healy, 2003). In a similar vein, a study of reorganization within the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) and the MSF concluded that 'local traditions of workplace organizing far outweigh the influence of national union strategy' (Danford et al, 2002: 305).…”

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Union Decline and Renewal in Australia and Britain: Lessons from Closed Shops

Turberville

2007

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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Declining union density in Australia and Britain has focused attention on the need for union reorganization. This article examines how the development of closed shops in the two countries influenced member exit rates and the internal union relations now affecting union renewal. Findings show that legislative support for the Australian closed shop tended to foster more union dependency on state and employers, union bureaucratization, less active stewards and more dissatisfied members than in Britain. The subsequent outlawing of the Australian closed shop and increasing employer hostility resulted in higher levels of density decline than in Britain. While the greater resilience of British density supports the case for developing strong workplace unionism, the relative bureaucratization of Australian unions within an increasingly antagonistic context, against the British situation of relatively indifferent employers and steward independence, limits the transferability of strategies designed to achieve union renewal.

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Political Activism and Workplace Industrial Relations in a UK ‘Failing’ School

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Individualism and collectivism revisited: a study of black and minority ethnic women

Individualism and collectivism revisited: a study of black and minority ethnic women

Usages et conceptions des organisations syndicales chez les enseignants du second degré : une comparaison France-Angleterre

Union Decline and Renewal in Australia and Britain: Lessons from Closed Shops

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