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Trying to Stem the Flow: Union Membership Turnover in the Public Sector
Author(s) -
Waddington Jeremy,
Kerr Allan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00119
Subject(s) - unison , order (exchange) , public sector , business , public administration , political science , law , physics , finance , acoustics
Based on a survey of members leaving UNISON, this study suggests that more than 40,000 members leave the union every year because of their dissatisfaction with some aspect of structure, organisation or policy. This analysis identifies some of the barriers faced by unions that are attempting to promote more participative unionism in order to reduce rates of membership turnover.