Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Volume 5. Including Unions in Printing and Publishing, Local Government, Retail and Distribution, Domestic Service, General Employment, Financial Services, Agriculture200865Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst. Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Volume 5. Including Unions in Printing and Publishing, Local Government, Retail and Distribution, Domestic Service, General Employment, Financial Services, Agriculture. Aldershot: Ashgate 2006. xvi+586 pp., ISBN: 978 0 85967 990 9 £80 $154.95

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
H.G.A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Domestic Service

‘We just get a bit set in our ways’: renewing democracy and solidarity in UK trade unions

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-222
Author(s):  
Heather Connolly
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
Collective Representation ◽  
Union Renewal ◽  
Dialectical Process ◽  
Government Workers ◽  
Solidarity Union

In a broader context of austerity, sustained financial pressures and policies of restructuring and outsourcing have steadily eroded traditional features of UK public sector employment such as job security, fair reward and collective representation through trade unions. This article examines how a UK trade union representing local government workers attempted to respond more effectively to radical restructuring plans. By engaging in a process of democratic experimentation, full-time officials from above and activists from below sought to challenge the existing ‘insider’ relationship between branch officers and management, which was seen as ineffective in responding to a severe disruption in the regulation of local government employment. Drawing on participatory ethnographic research, the findings show the importance of leadership in the processes towards union renewal and the tensions and struggles underlying democracy and solidarity. Union renewal is presented here as a dialectical process and set of responses involving both strategic direction from above and membership pressure and activism from below.

scholarly journals Implementing the living wage in UK local government

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 840-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Living Wage ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Living Wages ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of living wages on organisational pay systems. Design/methodology/approach The research draws on 23 semi-structured interviews with HR managers, trade union representatives, and politicians at four UK local government case study sites. Findings The findings suggest that living wages can have a positive impact on directly employed workers in cleaning, catering and care services, but the research also finds that the localised adoption of living wages can lead to significant wage compression, resulting in a broad band of “low skill-low wage jobs”. Originality/value The theoretical contribution is twofold. In-line with earlier research the “first-order” effects of living wages are clear: hourly wages for a large number of women in part-time roles increased sharply. However, this is only part of the story as “second-order” effects such as ripples and spill-overs are less extensive than suggested by other studies. This is due to the limited scope for trade unions to restore wage differentials through collective bargaining, the slow progress in extending the living wage to contracted staff, and parallel processes of downsizing and outsourcing.

scholarly journals Partnership with and without trade unions in the UK financial services: filling or fuelling the representation gap?

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Tailby ◽  
Mike Richardson ◽  
Martin Upchurch ◽  
Andy Danford ◽  
Paul Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
The Uk

Attempts to Build Postwar Europe from Below in Stuttgart: Failure or Forerunner?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-380
Author(s):  
Bettina Severin-Barboutie
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Foreign Worker ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Postwar Europe ◽  
Stimulation Of

Abstract On May 2, 1964, a so-called Emigrationsparlament held its constituent meeting in the house of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (dgb) in Stuttgart. The meeting was opened by a speech of the parliament’s president, Antonio Maspoli, in which he outlined the aims of the new institution and coined the phrase ‘The emigrant is a worker from and for Europe and Europe is his country’. In the months following the Emigrationsparlament gathered several times and Maspoli—a Swiss national known for his engagement in the trade unions in Switzerland—pleaded for the establishment of a ‘sort of a European parliament of the foreign worker’ in Stuttgart. Maspoli’s repeated claims initiated debates within the municipal government about the stimulation of self-help among foreigners and their growing involvement in issues concerning them. Furthermore, Maspoli obtained premises for the establishment of an international meeting point called ‘Europa-Club’. However, his wish of setting up a European parliament in Stuttgart remained unfulfilled. While the local government eventually established a council, the desired parliament of foreign workers did not come into existence. Hence, Stuttgart missed the opportunity to become the site of an elected European parliament and the activities of the ueg fell into oblivion.

Impact of microcredit program on poverty reduction among rural households in Saki East Local Government area of Oyo State, Nigeria

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Abdul Majeed Yaqoob ◽  
Wasiu Akintunde Yusuf ◽  
Sulaiman Adesina Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Poor People ◽  
External Shocks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Matching Techniques

It is widely acknowledged that access to financial services plays a critical role in helping poor people strengthen their economic potentials, increase their asset base and diminish their vulnerabilities to external shocks. However, poor people have very limited access to financial services provided by the formal financial institutions due to the procedures outlined for accessing such loans. In recent time, Microcredit has received global attention owing to its claim in alleviating poverty. This study investigates the impact of microcredit program on poverty reduction among rural households in Saki East Local Government area of Oyo State using logit model and propensity score matching techniques to prove the impact. Findings revealed a negative, non-significant impact of microcredit on poverty reduction among rural households. Therefore, it is recommended that microcredit program should be implemented along with other poverty alleviation strategies.

scholarly journals Financial Well-Being of Nigerian Family in Ikeja Lagos State Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ogunleye Kemisola Christianah ◽  
Mohamad Fazil Sabri ◽  
Shamsul Azahari Zainal Badari
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Recent Advancement ◽  
Financial Economy ◽  
Market Restructuring

With the recent advancement in the financial economy, it has become pertinent to families to be knowledgeable and adept in handling their finances. Financial markets terrain has increased so much, resulting in the availability of a more extensive choice of financial products and services, thus making financial decisions more complex and demanding. The ease of accessibility to inventive loans and credit services, financial market restructuring and technological advancements in the mode of offering and distributing financial services have indisputably left several individuals with a puzzling assortment of savings opportunities and decisions that need to be made. Therefore, this study was conceptualized to examine the factors that determine the financial well-being of Nigerian families in Ikeja local government, Nigeria. The researcher employed a stratified random sampling in selecting the number of employees, and 400 questionnaires were distributed to achieve a reasonable responses rate. As such, eighty (80) questionnaires were distributed to each of the five departments selected. From the study, it was shown research showed that majority of the respondents were female between the age ranges 20 to over 60 years. Results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between financial well-being and financial management and financial strain expect for financial literacy. The regression analysis showed that the factors (financial literacy, financial stress, and business management) jointly for 45.7% of the variance in financial well-being. It was suggested that to improve economic prosperity among the employees in the local government, in Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria, an active factor is needed for family financial well-being.

Negotiating Better Conditions for Workers during Austerity in Europe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian Grimshaw ◽  
Stefania Marino ◽  
Dominique Anxo ◽  
Jérôme Gautié ◽  
László Neumann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Pay Equity ◽  
Wage Setting ◽  
Local Union ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Government Workers

This chapter compares union actions affecting local government workers during a period of austerity across five European countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, and the UK. These five countries are characterized by different national industrial relations institutions, different systems of public sector wage-setting, and varied opportunities for local union influence. The study analyses the conditions under which trade unions have been able to reduce precarious work among local government workers (in-house and subcontracted) and to promote more equitable and solidaristic outcomes. It specifically focuses on union actions against pay precarity and employment precarity. It concludes by discussing the contributory roles played by national institutions, austerity measures, and unions’ power resources in shaping the prospects for pay equity and chain solidarities in Europe’s public sector.

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