Post-privatised shop steward organisation and union renewal
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1998Author
Dundon, Tony
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T. Dundon, 1998, Post-Privatised Shop Steward Organisation and Union Renewal at Girobank, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 29 (2), pp 126-136
Abstract
Using an ethnographic case study approach this article provides empirical evidence concerning the response of local union stewards to managerial-led change during and after the process of privatisation. Evidence supports the workplace union renewal thesis. It is suggested that the key mediating factors of a decisive ideological purpose and local leadership style provide the ingredients for union renewal. A number of wider implications are noted, in particular a gap between national trade union policies and workplace industrial relations practices