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UNISON Skills for Strength Convention
Richard SaundryAssociate Professor in Human Resource and Leadership Studies
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-saundry/2a/428/421
Twitter - @RichardSaundry
The Scale of the Challenge
• Declining density 1980 – 55%; 1995 – 32%; 2013 – 26%
• A generational issue? 16-24 yrs – 8%; 25-34 yrs – 21% (source:LFS)
• It’s not just about membership– 23% employees covered by collective bargaining– 7% of all workplaces were unionised and had an on-
site representative – 32% of unionised workplaces had an on-site
representative (source:WERS2011)
Why it matters - membership and income inequality
Collective bargaining and income inequality
We need to talk about union organising
• Prime reason for joining is support – individual and collective
• Recruitment closely related to union presence• Organising has had a positive impact but key
issues remain: – Strong organisation is vital for effective
representation– Building representational capacity underpins
sustainable increases in membership– Supporting and integrating new activists key to
strengthening organisation