Jeremy Waddington
Bio/Description
Born 1955 in Great Britain. Associated researcher at the ETUI and Reader in International Human Resource Management at the Manchester School of Management. After a PhD on trade union mergers at the University of Warwick work as a Research Fellow at its Industrial Relations Research Unit.
Research Fields
the activities, structure and organisation of trade unions in Britain and western Europe and the evolution of European Works Councils.
CV
Projects
Trade Union Recruitment: An Assessment of Techniques, Organisation and Outcomes
Throughout most member states of the European Union trade union membership is declining, an increasing proportion of the labour force has never been a trade union member and substantial segments of the labour force are currently unorganised. In consequence, trade unions in Europe are now less representative of the European labour force than at any other time since about 1960.
The Trade Union Merger Process
Trade unions in Europe are adjusting to changes in political circumstances, labour market conditions and to new forms of regulation. This project examines these issues by means of research on trade union mergers in ten countries. The project comprises two distinct, yet complementary, elements.
Contacts
Publications
Trade Unions in Europe - facing challenges and searching for solutions
Trade unions in Europe are in process of transition as they adjust to changing economic and social circumstances. The accelerated pace of economic internationalisation, the adoption of neo-liberal policies, and the wide-ranging reform of production regimes undermined the forms of union organisation that dominated the period until the mid-1970s. This book examines the range of trajectories pursued by trade unionists in sixteen countries in response to these challenges.
Trade union membership
A background paper for the ETUC/ETUI-REHS top-level summer school, Florence, 1-2 July 2005
Restructuring representation. The merger process and trade union structural development in ten countries
Throughout the industrialised world trade unionists are reforming their organisations as part of a strategy to adjust to new labour market, economic and political circumstances. This volume examines the role of merger activity in this process of reform.
La syndicalisation en Europe
Documents de travail pour l'Université d'été de la CES/ETUI-REHS des dirigeants syndicaux européens, Florence 1-2 juillet 2005