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Trade unions and precariat in Europe : representative claims
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Meardi, Guglielmo, Simms, Melanie and Adam, Duncan (2021) Trade unions and precariat in Europe : representative claims. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 27 (1). pp. 41-58. 095968011986358. doi:10.1177/0959680119863585 ISSN 1461-7129.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119863585
Abstract
Trade unions have been charged with neglecting labour market ‘outsiders’, while alternative actors have emerged to represent these. In response, unions have stepped up their claim to be representative of all workers, without distinction. We review the theoretical and policy debates on this issue, and argue that representation as such has been under-theorized. We draw on Saward’s concept of ‘representative claims’ to analyse the different grounds for competing assertions of representativeness. We identify four main forms of claims, and illustrate these with empirical examples. We conclude that these different claims are mutually reinforcing in stimulating attention to the outsiders, and in their interaction with institutional settings, they have a performative effect in defining new social actors.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Labor unions, Labor unions -- Europe, Precarious employment, Precarious employment -- Europe, Labor market -- Europe | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Industrial Relations | ||||||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1461-7129 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 1 March 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 27 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 41-58 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 095968011986358 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0959680119863585 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Meardi, G., Simms, M., & Adam, D. (2019). Trade unions and precariat in Europe: Representative claims. European Journal of Industrial Relations. Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. Additionally, please provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the Contribution on the SAGE Journals website https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119863585 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 September 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 19 September 2019 | ||||||||
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