Covid-19 and the work of trade unions: Adaptation, transition and renewal

IF 1.6 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL Pub Date : 2023-02-18 DOI:10.1111/irj.12395
Tom Hunt, Heather Connolly
{"title":"Covid-19 and the work of trade unions: Adaptation, transition and renewal","authors":"Tom Hunt,&nbsp;Heather Connolly","doi":"10.1111/irj.12395","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Trade unions face long-term challenges including declining memberships that threaten their influence. COVID-19 created new challenges and possibilities for renewal. This article presents findings from a study conducted during the pandemic, comprising a large survey and interviews that investigated how unions adapted to the changes to working life they and their members faced. Evidence from UK unions shows unions rapidly changing how they worked, particularly in adopting and investing in new technologies. COVID-19 became a trigger for adaptation for unions which helped to meet the challenges created by the pandemic and demonstrated unions' creative ability to adapt and maintain relevance. The article contributes new insights about union renewal and argues that renewal should be understood as a continuous and evolving process of adaptation and transition, shaped as much by internal strategy as external shocks. It argues that confidence within unions about their ability to reform is important for understanding renewal.</p>","PeriodicalId":46619,"journal":{"name":"INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL","volume":"54 2","pages":"150-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/irj.12395","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irj.12395","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2

Abstract

Trade unions face long-term challenges including declining memberships that threaten their influence. COVID-19 created new challenges and possibilities for renewal. This article presents findings from a study conducted during the pandemic, comprising a large survey and interviews that investigated how unions adapted to the changes to working life they and their members faced. Evidence from UK unions shows unions rapidly changing how they worked, particularly in adopting and investing in new technologies. COVID-19 became a trigger for adaptation for unions which helped to meet the challenges created by the pandemic and demonstrated unions' creative ability to adapt and maintain relevance. The article contributes new insights about union renewal and argues that renewal should be understood as a continuous and evolving process of adaptation and transition, shaped as much by internal strategy as external shocks. It argues that confidence within unions about their ability to reform is important for understanding renewal.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
新冠肺炎-19与工会工作:适应、过渡和复兴
工会面临着长期的挑战,包括会员人数下降,这威胁到工会的影响力。新冠肺炎疫情为振兴创造了新的挑战和可能性。本文介绍了大流行期间进行的一项研究的结果,该研究包括一项大型调查和访谈,调查了工会如何适应其及其成员面临的工作生活变化。来自英国工会的证据表明,工会正在迅速改变其工作方式,尤其是在采用和投资新技术方面。COVID-19成为工会适应的触发器,这有助于应对大流行带来的挑战,并展示了工会适应和保持相关性的创造性能力。本文对联盟更新提出了新的见解,并认为更新应被理解为一个持续不断的适应和过渡过程,既受内部战略影响,也受外部冲击影响。它认为,工会内部对自身改革能力的信心对于理解复兴至关重要。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
CiteScore
2.50
自引率
14.30%
发文量
33
期刊最新文献
Issue Information Issue Information Trade-union engendered employee trust in senior management: A case study of digitalisation Introducing sectoral bargaining in the United Kingdom: Why it makes sense and how it might be done Creating a local managerial regime in global context: The case of the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1