Young Workers and Unions: Context and Overview

Andy Hodder and Lefteris Kretsos

Chapter 1 in Young Workers and Trade Unions, 2015, pp 1-15 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Labour Market; Young People; British Journal; Trade Union; Industrial Relation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137429537_1

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