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Young Workers and Unions: Context and Overview

In: Young Workers and Trade Unions

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  • Andy Hodder
  • Lefteris Kretsos

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The transition of young people into employment is fraught with difficulties in finding stable and well-paid employment when compared to older workers. Young workers have been particularly affected by the wider changes in global economic conditions as such changes have seen an increase in employee insecurity and instability. Young workers predominantly carry out low-paid, low-status and insecure work and as their position in the labour market is increasingly precarious, one may expect them to join unions to get more protection. Nevertheless most remain disengaged from trade union activity and unions are suffering from a loss of members and an increasing ageing effect. In this context the future existence of trade unionism depends on to what extent trade unions can grasp the complex realities of young people at work. This edited collection aims to address these issues, providing examples from around the world.

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  • Andy Hodder & Lefteris Kretsos, 2015. "Young Workers and Unions: Context and Overview," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Andy Hodder & Lefteris Kretsos (ed.), Young Workers and Trade Unions, chapter 1, pages 1-15, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-42953-7_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137429537_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Craig Berry & Sean McDaniel, 2022. "Post-crisis precarity: Understanding attitudes to work and industrial relations among young people in the UK," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(1), pages 322-343, February.
    2. Ebru Kanyilmaz Polat & Siyret Ayas Şarman & Bahattin Hamarat, 2021. "Mesleki Sonuç Beklentisinin Sendikal Farkındalık Ve Sendikal Tutuma Olan Etkisi: İİBF Öğrencileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma," Journal of Social Policy Conferences, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 0(80), pages 139-174, June.
    3. Mark Harcourt & Gregor Gall & Margaret Wilson, 2023. "The union default: Effects and implications of regulated opting‐out," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 132-149, March.

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