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Political Activism and Workplace Industrial Relations in a UK ‘Failing’ School
Author(s) -
Calveley Moira,
Healy Geraldine
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8543.00263
Subject(s) - industrial relations , trade union , politics , political activism , qualitative research , political science , sociology , political economy , public relations , economics , labour economics , social science , law
The paper draws on a qualitative case study of workplace industrial relations in an inner–city secondary school identified as ‘failing’ and subsequently closed. It considers the way unionized teachers and their representatives interpret, influence and resist the impact of centralized managerial and educational change. The local implementation of such change leads to an engagement with the debates on union renewal. In particular, the paper explores the dynamic interrelationship between political and trade union activism and the tension between workplace relations and formal union organization.