Richard Saundry Associate Professor in Human Resource and Leadership Studies RichardSaundryPlymouthacuk http wwwlinkedincompubrichardsaundry2a428421 Twitter RichardSaundry The Scale of the Challenge ID: 513315
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UNISON Skills for Strength Convention
Richard Saundry
Associate Professor in Human Resource and Leadership Studies
Richard.Saundry@Plymouth.ac.uk
http://
www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-saundry/2a/428/421
Twitter - @
RichardSaundrySlide2
The Scale of the Challenge
Declining density
1980 – 55%;
1995 – 32%; 2013 – 26%
A generational issue?
16-24
yrs
– 8%; 25-34
yrs
– 21%
(
source:LFS
)
It’s not just about membership
23% employees covered by collective bargaining
7% of all workplaces were unionised and had an on-site representative
32
% of unionised workplaces had an on-site
representative
(source:WERS2011
)Slide3
Why it matters - membership and income inequalitySlide4
Collective bargaining and income inequalitySlide5
We need to talk about union organising
Prime reason for joining is support – individual and collective
Recruitment closely related to union presenceOrganising has had a positive impact but key issues remain: Strong organisation is vital for effective representation
Building representational
capacity underpins sustainable increases in membership
Supporting and integrating new activists key to strengthening organisation