Trade Unions
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Trade Unions
by Adrian Kane
There are not many books available on contemporary trade unions and working conditions in Ireland. Less more from people with lived experience of working at the coalface of the labour movement.
The second section of the book deals with the author’s views of the future world of work, and the evolving place of trade unions. He sees an expanded role for unions in the economy, enabled in part by digital technology.
The book argues that trade unionism must break into the new worlds of work by radically transforming contemporary trade union structures and culture which renders the movement largely alien to younger workers employed in the gig and digital economies.
by Adrian Kane
There are not many books available on contemporary trade unions and working conditions in Ireland. Less more from people with lived experience of working at the coalface of the labour movement.
While volumes which deal with labour history appear regularly, and the release of an autobiography from a union leader is not uncommon, the sort of book Adrian Kane has produced is a relative rarity.
The first section of the book is mainly dedicated to the author’s experience of the Irish trade union movement, while the second part focuses on improving the world of work. For example, he points to what he sees as issues in how unions are sometimes organised internally, and he casts a critical eye over the social partnership years which dominated Irish industrial relations in the 90s and 2000s.
The first section of the book is mainly dedicated to the author’s experience of the Irish trade union movement, while the second part focuses on improving the world of work. For example, he points to what he sees as issues in how unions are sometimes organised internally, and he casts a critical eye over the social partnership years which dominated Irish industrial relations in the 90s and 2000s.
Kane does not view Irish trade unions through an uncritical gaze. His analysis of internal trade union dynamics mainly deals with Siptu, where the author has worked for almost three decades. He refuses to give easy answers to complex questions.
The second section of the book deals with the author’s views of the future world of work, and the evolving place of trade unions. He sees an expanded role for unions in the economy, enabled in part by digital technology.
The book argues that trade unionism must break into the new worlds of work by radically transforming contemporary trade union structures and culture which renders the movement largely alien to younger workers employed in the gig and digital economies.
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