Trade Union Members’ Participation at Branch and Regional Levels: A Comparison of Women and Men in UNISON

Heyes, Jason

doi:10.1177/0022185612454972

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“…Therefore, for ensuring continual union participation, regular ideological indoctrination emerges as a constant responsibility of the union. Prominent support for the union ideology hypothesis comes from the works of eminent researchers in the field, such as Kirton and Healy (2013), Heyes (2012), Sinclair and Tetrick (1995), Fullagar and Barling (1989), Klandermans (1989), and Guest and Dewe (1988). From the discussion above, it may be concluded that union ideology plays a significant role in predicting participation behavior of the workforce and that its purpose cannot be undermined.…”

Section: Conceptual Development and Reviewmentioning

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Worker participation in union activities: a conceptual review

Chawla

Singh

et al. 2018

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Purpose Viewed in the context of liberalization, privatization and globalization, the socio-economic and legal environment facing the unions have changed, throwing them into clutches of adversity and destitution. The purpose of this paper is to identify the reasons (i.e. antecedents) behind workers’ participation in union activities (such as strikes, rallies, demonstrations) in today’s scenario, and to understand how these participation tactics influence workers’ performance (i.e. worker behavior effectiveness) at work. Design/methodology/approach A range of published sources is drawn on, including quantitative, survey based and qualitative, case-study and other evidence for building the conceptual review. Findings The investigation clearly indicates that contemporary challenges facing unions in the present scenario prompt industrial actions. Only specific and genuine grievances and justifiable demands motivate workers to form a strong emotional attachment to their unions and engage in union participation activities such as strike activity (Darlington, 2006; Bean and Stoney, 1986). Originality/value Contrary to the traditional view, which sights unions as detrimental to worker productivity, turnover, and attendance at work (via restrictive work rules, featherbedding and disruptive strikes or other adversarial tactics), the investigation, through extensive review of literature proposes that unions positively influence worker behavior at work. The model, however, requires empirical testing to validate the proposed relationships.

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Section: Conceptual Development and Reviewmentioning

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Worker participation in union activities: a conceptual review

Chawla

Singh

et al. 2018

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“…Internal factors include, the traditional masculinized culture, focus of unions on traditional male breadwinner concerns and sexism of male officials. External factors contributing to underrepresentation include the caring and non‐labour market roles of women, gendered labour markets (in terms of occupations and also job security and tenure) and women's levels of confidence in their ability to influence unions (Cooper, ; Heyes, ; Ledwith, ). In sum, Kirton and Healy (), Colgan and Ledwith () and Heyes (), among others, have observed that the potential opportunities for involvement in unions traditionally have not been women‐friendly.…”

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Unions and social media: Prospects for gender inclusion

Thornthwaite

Balnave

Barnes

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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The emergence of web 2.0 technologies led to optimistic predictions that social media (SM) might alter traditional gendered patterns of member participation in trade unions. Greene, Hogan, and Grieco and others suggested that the forms of communication and engagement these technologies offered to unions and their members had the potential to foster gender inclusion and contribute to union diversity, arguably central to effective representation. This article reports on a survey of union members’ experiences with and perceptions of their union's SM services, to identify whether there is a gendered dimension to members’ use. The findings indicate that for most union members regardless of gender, more traditional communication channels such as face‐to‐face contact and email remain the preferred means of communication. However, the findings also show that women are just as likely as men, if not more so, to engage with union SM. Given that historically, women largely participated less in union activities than their male counterparts, this broad parity of use by women supports the conclusion that SM has substantial potential to improve women's participation in unions.

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“…The investigation of women's attitudes to trade unions is an important topic, since unions are perceived as not catering sufficiently to women's needs and may even be providing an unwelcoming climate for women (Ledwith, 2012). While a study carried out in the UK by Heyes (2012) does not support the latter notion, women were still found to experience more difficulties than men in participating in union roles due to more commitments outside work. Despite this, UK research indicates that women have favourable attitudes towards unions, despite being critical of some of their actions (Walters, 2002).…”

Section: Socio-demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes towards trade unions in Malta

Debono

2017

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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This study exploits the rare opportunity of a national representative sample, and explores the attitudes of adults towards trade unions in Malta. Data were gathered through a telephone survey carried out among a sample of 1512 persons, representing the Maltese working-age population. Respondents have an overall positive opinion of trade unions, which are seen to carry out important functions in Maltese society. However, slightly fewer than half of the respondents claimed to be satisfied with the work of trade unions, indicating that they are less confident about the unions’ role in offering individual services to their members. A number of suggestions are given in order to stem or reverse the apparent erosion of confidence in Maltese trade unions.

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Trade Union Members’ Participation at Branch and Regional Levels: A Comparison of Women and Men in UNISON

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Worker participation in union activities: a conceptual review

Worker participation in union activities: a conceptual review

Unions and social media: Prospects for gender inclusion

Attitudes towards trade unions in Malta

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