Representing Workers

Howard Gospel is Professor of Management at King's College, London, Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE and Fellow at Said Business School, University of Oxford.Stephen Wood is Research Professor and Deputy Director of the Instituteof Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield and Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE. He is also co-director for the ESRC Centre for Organization and Innovation and Chief Editor of the British Journal of Industrial Relations.

• 1. Introduction: Representing Workers in Modern Britain  2. Recognition  3. Negotitation, Consultation and Information  4. Union Membership  5. Women and Trade Unions  6. Young Workers and their Propensity to Join Trade Unions 7. New Workplaces, New Workers 8. Buying into Union Membership? A Comparative Analysis  9. Employer Strategies and Union Counter-Strategies  10. The Future of Trade Unions in Britain: A North American Perspective

'A useful summary for students and practitioners of the current key themes in employment relations.' - Labour Research