<p>In recent years, there has been an acute crisis of worker representation in the finance sector in the UK. Labour union and staff association membership has fallen, collective organisation has experienced dislocation and disorganisation and worker self-confidence has been sapped. Prior to this, there was a sense of an identifiable trajectory towards greater 'unionateness' by labour unions and staff associations, with the sector moving towards associations with the wider trade union movement, growing self-identification of employees as 'workers' and the use of traditional tools of collective bargaining such as threats of strikes and strikes themselves. The former set of outcomes have resulted from a particular type of labour unionism being overwhelmed by challenges from employers pursuing policies based on HRM, partnership and union exclusion on the one hand, and on the other, significant restructuring of the sector in terms of service providers and means of service/product delivery.The key explanation for this outcome has been the inability-cum-unwillingness of labour unionism, particularly independent labour unionism, to develop workplace unionism as a non-dependent resource, which would have, in turn, allowed labour unionism to be less susceptible to overtures and pressures from employers. This study documents and explains this trajectory in wider historical terms, providing invaluable insights reading both for those interested in the future of both the labour movement and the finance sector in particular.</p>

Labour Unionism in the Financial Services Sector: Fighting for Rights and Representation

Business & Money

Gregor Gall

Economics

Ashgate Pub. Co

Whose Justice?

John, Scott

Colin Fox

Scottish Left Review Press

Bob Crow was the most high-profile and militant union leader of his generation. This biography examines his leadership of the RMT union, examining and exposing a number of popular myths created about him by political opponents. Using the schema of his personal characteristics (including his public persona), his politics and the power of his members, it explains how and why he was able to punch above his weight in industrial relations and on the political stage, helping the small RMT union become as influential as many of its much larger counterparts.     As RMT leader, Crow oversaw a rise in membership and promoted a more assertive and successful bargaining approach. While he failed to unite all socialists into one new party, he established himself as the leading popular critic of neo-liberalism, 'New' Labour and the age of austerity.

Bob Crow - Socialist, Leader, Fighter

Manchester University Press

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