Young Workers and Trade Unions
ISBN:
9781137429513
Auflage:
2015
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
29.04.2015
Herausgeber:
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
206
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This book provides an understanding of the processes in which unions engage with young people, and views and opinions young people hold relating to collective representation. It features a selection of specific national cases of high relevance to contemporary debates of precariousness, trade union revitalization strategies and austerity policies.
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Biografische Anmerkung
Andy Hodder is a lecturer in the Management Department at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has conducted research into the relationship between young workers and trade unions in the UK and is continuing to work on issues associated with union mobilization and activism. Andy is a member of the British Academy of Management, the British Sociological Association and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. He is also on the Executive Committee of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association.
Lefteris Kretsos is a senior lecturer of Industrial Relations at the University of Greenwich, UK, and Member of the ESRC Peer Review College. His research is focused on the rising trends and patterns of precarious employment, especially among young workers in the context of economic crisis. Lefteris has been involved in various research projects for the European Commission, ESRC, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and varioustrade union organisations. He is also heavily involved in the completion of a project funded by the European Research Council on the effects of marketization into European societies.
Lefteris Kretsos is a senior lecturer of Industrial Relations at the University of Greenwich, UK, and Member of the ESRC Peer Review College. His research is focused on the rising trends and patterns of precarious employment, especially among young workers in the context of economic crisis. Lefteris has been involved in various research projects for the European Commission, ESRC, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and varioustrade union organisations. He is also heavily involved in the completion of a project funded by the European Research Council on the effects of marketization into European societies.









