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The Views of Members towards Workplace Union Organization in Banking between 1999 and 2008
Author(s) -
Waddington Jeremy
Publication year - 2013
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/j.1467-8543.2012.00896.x
Subject(s) - general partnership , perception , trade union , business , public relations , banking union , political science , international trade , psychology , finance , european union , neuroscience
In tracing the changing perceptions of members in banking of trade union workplace organization between 1999 and 2008, this article illustrates a pattern of decline in terms of the coverage and performance of workplace organization. Contrary to the claims made by proponents of partnership arrangements, merger involvement and organizing, these strategies were not sufficient to arrest the decline in workplace organization. In consequence, members remained reliant on trade union full‐time officers for support.