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‘What problems you got?’: managerialisation and union organising in the voluntary sector
Author(s) -
Hemmings Mike
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1468-2338.2011.00636.x
Subject(s) - modernization theory , public sector , context (archaeology) , trade union , government (linguistics) , business , face (sociological concept) , public service , tertiary sector of the economy , new public management , resistance (ecology) , service (business) , welfare , public administration , economic policy , economic growth , economics , political science , market economy , marketing , international trade , economy , sociology , paleontology , social science , linguistics , philosophy , ecology , biology
This article explores how government public service modernisation policies have impacted on management practices and employment conditions in voluntary sector welfare organisations and the problems unions have encountered in responding to such impacts in the context of public service modernisation. The study finds that employees encounter problems developing workplace union organisation and unions face problems developing a coherent strategy on support for the sector and for resisting public sector reform, which hinders trade union resistance. The implications of this may be important in strengthening managerial control over the public service labour process.