Trade Union Policy under Full Employment

1946 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 343
Author(s):  
Eugene Forsey
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Union Policy

scholarly journals Trade Union Policy and the 1852 Lock-Out in the British Engineering Industry

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 645-660
Author(s):  
Keith Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Unskilled Labour ◽  
History Of ◽  
Union Policy

The task of this paper is to examine trade union policy and the 1852 lock-out in the British engineering industry. The focus of attention will be upon the development of worker militancy and how this led to the lock-out. Although a history of the British engineering worker has long been extant, the causes of the 1852 dispute remain controversial. In The Story of the Engineers, J. B. Jefferys emphasizes the opposition of workers to systematic overtime and piece-work. Henry Pelling, in a more recent work, attributes the dispute to the opposition of skilled men to the employment of unskilled labour. I hope this paper throws more light on the origins of the 1852 lock-out.

Continuity and change in trade union frames: Evidence from general strikes in Spain

2019 ◽  
pp. 0143831X1985779
Author(s):  
Oriol Barranco ◽  
Oscar Molina
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Continuity And Change

This article analyses trade union frames in the context of general strikes in Spain from the late 1970s to 2017. General strikes are critical communicative events for trade unions, in which the way the unions frame their demands and public campaigns reflects the key elements of their strategies. The study of framing in relation to general strikes by the largest union confederation in Spain provides new insights into the capacity of trade unions to adapt to a rapidly changing socioeconomic and political context and, more specifically, to use public discourse as an important element in their revitalization strategy. In contrast with the widespread perception of trade union immobilism, the analysis shows continuity in claims such as job creation, a good public social protection system and the trade unions’ political role, but also changes such as the passage from workerism to citizenism, and from demanding full employment to denouncing precariousness.

Trade union involvement in work–family life balance: lessons from France

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delphine Brochard ◽  
Marie-Thérèse Letablier
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
French Case ◽  
Union Policy ◽  
Work Family

This article explores the challenges faced by union involvement in work–family life balance. It draws on the French case, where the state’s explicit call for firms to address the work–family life balance issue, notably through mandatory collective bargaining, has provided opportunities for union mobilization. Findings from qualitative research conducted at branch and company levels show that this public strategy has failed to stimulate innovation in related union policy and practices, even within a relatively feminized and partnership-oriented confederation. The reasons for this failure are discussed using a theoretical framework combining opportunity structure, and voice and choice issues. The article concludes that union underinvestment in work–family life balance results from a lack of effectiveness of the opportunity structure, but also, more specifically, from voice and choice factors which lead union representatives to downplay the issues at stake in this new bargaining agenda.

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