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Young Workers and Trade Unions

A Global View

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Andy Hodder

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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  2. Lefteris Kretsos

    1. University of Greenwich, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Young Workers and Unions: Context and Overview

    • Andy Hodder, Lefteris Kretsos
    Pages 1-15

  3. Trade Unions’ ‘Deliberative Vitality’ towards Young Workers: Survey Evidence across Europe

    • Kurt Vandaele
    Pages 16-36

  4. New Times Are Still Coming, Old Times Are Still Leaving: Notes about Young People’s Participation and Union Traditions in Contemporary Argentina

    • Julia Soul
    Pages 37-53

  5. Ageing Australian Unions and the ‘Youth Problem’

    • David Peetz, Robin Price, Janis Bailey
    Pages 54-70

  6. Danish Trade Unions and Young People: Using Media in the Battle for Hearts and Minds

    • Torsten Geelan
    Pages 71-89

  7. Mobilised but Not Unionised? An Analysis of the Relationship between Youth and Trade Unionism in France

    • Sylvie Contrepois
    Pages 90-106

  8. Trade Unions and Young Workers in Times of Crisis: A Critical Reflection on the Case of Greece

    • Lefteris Kretsos
    Pages 107-122

  9. ‘Stop the Junk Contracts!’ Young Workers and Trade Union Mobilisation against Precarious Employment in Poland

    • Adam Mrozowicki, Agata Krasowska, Mateusz Karolak
    Pages 123-141

  10. Young Workers and Unions in Spain: A Failed Meeting?

    • Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez, Rafael Ibáñez Rojo, Pablo López Calle, Miguel Martínez Lucio
    Pages 142-161

  11. ‘Old Dusty Men’? Young People and Trade Unions in the UK

    • Andy Hodder
    Pages 162-176

  12. Catching the Next Wave: A Study of Internal Organising Among Young Workers in a US Union

    • Monica Bielski Boris
    Pages 177-194

  13. Concluding Comments

    • Lefteris Kretsos, Andy Hodder
    Pages 195-200

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 201-206
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About this book

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.

Reviews

“This book on young workers is a welcome addition both to the academic and practitioner literature on trade unions, particularly as anyone undertaking a search on this topic will find few resources with which to engage. … Throughout this edited collection of 12 chapters, we are provided with a wealth of data relating to union density and membership of ‘young’ workers in different countries.” (Jane Holgate, Work, employment and society, Vol. 31 (3), 2017)

“This edited collection aims to give insight into the challenges trade unions around the world face when they attempt to involve young people. … This is undoubtedly an important contribution to our understanding of the difficult contexts in which unions are trying to organize and represent young people. … Anyone reading the book as a whole will be left with a very clear view of the political and practical challenges ahead.” (Melanie Simms, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 54 (1), March, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Andy Hodder

  • University of Greenwich, UK

    Lefteris Kretsos

About the editors

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.

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