In recent years prominent companies have migrated call centre services to India provoking
much-publicized fears for the future of UK employment. This article challenges the widely …

This paper describes, analyses and offers an evaluation of two current proposals for the
revival of British trade unions. These are the pursuit of partnership with employers and the …

This book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's
subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the'sweatshop'have indeed …

News about labor unions is usually pessimistic, focusing on declining membership and
failed campaigns. But there are encouraging signs that the labor movement is evolving its …

When eight countries from Central and Eastern Europe joined the EU in 2004, unions in
some countries argued that significant wage differentials between the old and the new …

Organizing has become a central tenet of trade union renewal in countries as diverse as the
United States, the Netherlands, and the UK. This book is the most systematic effort to date to …

This paper assesses the determinants of the level of support for union membership among
non–union employees. Using data from a representative sample of non–union employees in …

Many unions that have adopted 'new'organising approaches have tended to see organising
as a 'toolbox'of practices rather than as having an underpinning political philosophy or …

This article fills an important gap in our knowledge of call centres by focusing specifically on
occupational ill-health. We document the recent emergence of health and safety concerns …

Olga moved to Ireland in 2006 and began to work as an au pair. After some months, she left
this position as she wanted to live on her own and get a 'normal job'. She soon found a job …