scholarly journals Class Reimagined? Intersectionality and Industrial Action – the British Airways Dispute of 2009–2011

Sociology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 003803852097360
Author(s):  
Sian Moore ◽  
Phil Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Class Formation ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
Cabin Crew ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
Intersectional Analysis ◽  
Ideological Resources ◽  
Relationship Of

This article explores the inter-relationship of gender, sexuality, race and class among cabin crew, members of trade union BASSA, in the British Airways dispute of 2009–2011. It evaluates the utility of intersectional analysis in the context of industrial action, investigating the ways crew mobilised intersectional identities and class interests. In their narratives, crew evoked the 1984–1985 miners’ strike, but rejected a version of class and militancy based on a perceived historical legacy of class as white, heterosexual and male. Engaging with debates in Sociology on class, the article restores work as the key site of class formation and identifies BASSA as providing the organisational and ideological resources to legitimate an inclusive worker interest that transcended sectional identities and generated a reimagined and reconfigured class identity.

Online Resources Chapter D: Industrial Action and Statutory Immunities

2020 ◽  
pp. 846-846
Author(s):  
David Cabrelli
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
European Law ◽  
Trade Disputes ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines the law of trade disputes and industrial action in the UK, i.e. the law which regulates action taken by members of a trade union which imposes restrictions upon employers when collective relations between the employer and the workforce have broken down. The position is analysed in the context of the legality of industrial action in European law and under the European Convention on Human Rights....

scholarly journals Pre-Strike Ballots and Collective Bargaining: The Impact of Quorum and Ballot Mode Requirements on Access to Lawful Industrial Action

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-376
Author(s):  
Breen Creighton ◽  
Catrina Denvir ◽  
Richard Johnstone ◽  
Shae McCrystal ◽  
Alice Orchiston
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Key Features ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In 2016, the UK Parliament passed the Trade Union Act 2016 (TU Act 2016), which introduced new quorum and approval requirements for pre-strike ballots. In Australia, mandatory pre-strike ballots, including a quorum requirement, were first introduced in 2006. This article explains the key features of the Australian pre-strike ballot system and reports on quantitative and qualitative empirical research findings on the operation of the ballots process to analyse the majority and quorum requirements, mode of ballot (postal, attendance or electronic) and choice of ballot agent. Quorum is the biggest obstacle to Australian unions authorising strike action under the pre-strike ballot rules, and postal ballots fail to reach quorum at significantly higher rates than do attendance ballots. By introducing quorums and retaining the requirement that all pre-strike ballots must be conducted by post, the TU Act 2016 endorsed the two factors under the Australian regime most likely to impede the authorisation of strike action in a pre-strike ballot.

”A CONQUISTA DA FEMINILIDADE”: Uma análise interseccional da montagem corporal transformista

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (29) ◽  
pp. 314-328
Author(s):  
MARINA LEITÃO MESQUITA
Keyword(s):  
Race And Class ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Intersectional Analysis ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Femininity And Masculinity ◽  
Social Markers ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Personal Collection ◽  
Natural Way

Este artigo visa compreender a maneira pela qual os marcadores sociais da diferença de gênero, raça e classe atuam na construção de feminilidades entre transformistas que protagonizaram espetáculos artísticos naquela que foi a mais tradicional boate gay da capital cearense. Reflito, ainda, sobre como as masculinidades dessas artistas são transacionadas em suas reconstruções corporais transitórias. A pesquisa antropológica de caráter etnográfico focalizou os três últimos anos de funcionamento do estabelecimento. Além disso, foram acessadas notícias de jornais veiculadas no decorrer dos seus anos em atividade, bem como o acervo pessoal das artistas trans e dos produtores da casa noturna. Nesse sentido, observou-se que os processos de transformação corporal em foco evidenciam de maneira contumaz a construtividade dos gêneros, de forma a desestabilizar as perspectivas binárias que compreendem as feminilidades e as masculinidades de forma estanque e expressamente naturais. Palavras-chave: Transformistas. Montagem Corporal. Feminilidades. THE CONQUEST OF FEMININITY”: An intersectional analysis of cross-dresser makeover Abstract: This article aims to understand the way social markers of gender, race and class differences act in the construction of femininities among cross-dressers who starredartistic performances in what once was the most traditional gay club in the capital of Ceará. It also reflects on how these artists ’masculinities are crossed over in their temporary body reconstructions. The ethnographic and anthropological research focused on the last three years of theclub. In addition, newsfrom newspapers during its active years were accessed, as well as the personal collection of the nightclub’s cross-dressers and producers. In this sense, it was observed that these body transformation processes highlight in a contumacious mannerthe constructiveness of genders, in order to destabilize the binary perspectives that view femininity and masculinity in a fixed and expressly natural way. Keywords: Cross-dressers. Makeover. Femininities.   “EL LOGRO DE LA FEMINIDAD”: Un análisis interseccional del montajecorporal transformista Resumen: Este artículo tiene como objetivo comprender la forma por la cual los marcadores sociales de la diferencia de género, raza y clase social actúan en la construcción de la feminidad entre transformistas que protagonizaron espectáculos artísticos en aquella que fue la más tradicionalista discoteca gay de la capital cearense. Discurro, aún, sobre cómo las masculinidades de esos artistas son transacionadas en sus reconstrucciones corporales transitorias. La investigación antropológica, de carácter etnográfico, enfocó en los tres últimos años de funcionamiento del establecimiento. Además de eso, se accedieron noticias de periódicos vehiculadas en el transcurso de sus años en actividades, así como también en el acervo personal de las artistas trans y de dos productores de la referida casa nocturna. Asimismo, se observó que losprocesos de transformación corporal en foco evidencian de manera contumaz la constructividad de los géneros de modo a desestabilizar las perspectivas binarias que comprenden las femineidades y las masculinidades de forma estanque y expresadamente naturales. Palabras clave: Transformistas. Montaje Corporal. Femineidades.

scholarly journals Union formation and worker resistance in a multinational: A personal account of an Asian cabin crew member in UK civil aviation

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1030-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iona Byford ◽  
Susan Wong
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
Union Formation ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Personal Account ◽  
Race Discrimination ◽  
Cabin Crew ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Worker Resistance

This article presents a first-hand account and afterword by ‘Susan Wong’ on the formation of an Asian cabin crew trade union and the nine-year period of resistance in response to imposed changes to employment terms and conditions by the management of a UK multinational airline. The main issue was an imposed premature retirement age compared to UK-based colleagues. Opposition occurred in the UK courts, to identify the correct employment jurisdiction and then cite both age and race discrimination. The workers’ victory over the company, which had similar plans for other overseas workers, demonstrates union efficacy and Susan’s determination and resilience. The narrative enhances the understanding of the micro-processes of mobilization, the nature of discrimination and identity, and the lived experience of combining cabin crew work with union activism.

Online Resources Chapter D: Industrial action and statutory immunities

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cabrelli
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
European Law ◽  
Trade Disputes ◽  
Industrial Action ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines the law of trade disputes and industrial action in the UK, i.e. the law which regulates action taken by members of a trade union which imposes restrictions upon employers when collective relations between the employer and the workforce have broken down. The position is analysed in the context of the legality of industrial action in European law and under the European Convention on Human Rights....

Attitudes to Class in the ‘100 Families’ Study, 1985–1988

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
Occupational Structure ◽  
Class Community

This chapter reuses interviews conducted in 1985–8 for Paul Thompson’s ‘100 Families’ study to examine interviewees’ thoughts about class in the middle of the Thatcher decade. It finds that ambivalence and ordinariness were key themes in the discussions of many. Many did not want to class themselves, for ‘class talk’ was associated with snobbishness, superior and inferior attitudes, and because many thought that changes in the occupational structure, housing, and lifestyles had created a large ‘ordinary’ group in the middle of society: not workless but also not privileged. Some interviewees confidently claimed a working-class identity; this was usually the case where individuals had trade union experiences and/or a close-knit, working-class community to draw on. Among younger generations, however, some said that, though older class markers had disappeared, new ones had grown up to take their place.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document