Between consultation and collective bargaining? The changing role of non-union employee representatives: a case study from the finance sector

TUCKMAN, Alan and SNOOK, Jereme (2014). Between consultation and collective bargaining? The changing role of non-union employee representatives: a case study from the finance sector. Industrial Relations Journal, 45 (1), 77-97.

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Abstract

This article reviews the roles and activities of non-union employee representatives (NERs) acting as forum officers in a large Internet finance company. Currently there is little academic coverage concerning NERs in this sector, including their contributions to employment relations, their motivations and orientations towards representative role and activities, or relations with management and fellow employees. An important precondition to answering one of the main questions asked of NERs is whether such representation constitutes the foundation of some nascent trade unionism, or whether by acting as forum representatives, they are positioning themselves to support management agendas and outlook? The range of data from this article's longitudinal case study, indicating time usage including individual and collective representation, suggests that NERs allegiances and roles remain ambiguous, existing as they do in the intersection between consultation and collective bargaining. An important factor may be their capacity for independent action and independence from senior management.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Law Research Group
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities > Department of Law and Criminology
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12043
Page Range:	77-97
Depositing User:	Jereme Snook
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2017 14:47
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 04:04
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14905

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