Open AccessResearch Note: The Backgrounds and Careers of South Island Union Officials
Author(s) -
Grant Michelson
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
new zealand journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0110-0637
DOI - 10.26686/nzjir.v18i2.3858
Subject(s) - restructuring , work (physics) , trade union , industrial relations , political science , state (computer science) , single market , labour economics , political economy , sociology , economics , law , economic policy , engineering , european union , mechanical engineering , algorithm , computer science
This note profiles the backgrounds and careers of one particular group of people who work in industrial relations: full-time trade union officials. Personal characteristics, motivations for becoming involved in a union career, and union work histories are all documented. The data suggest that the labour market for union officials is in a state of considerable flux and in part this is attributed to the process of union restructuring.