Stopping the rot: new union recruitment initiatives

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Labor unions in the UK have started new recruiting initiatives during the 1990s, according to a survey of five major unions. The unions are placing their emphasis on recruitment training, diversity among representatives, and improved work protections, as well as shifting recruitment responsibility from union officials to stewards and members. The unions have been forced to adopt new recruitment tactics because of huge dropoffs in membership. The unions surveyed included Manufacturing Science Finance, Unison, Transport and General Workers, GMB, and Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.

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Collectivism still the key to union recruitment, survey finds

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A survey by the Industrial Relations Research Unit at the United Kingdom's Warwick University should affect union recruitment strategies to reverse falling trade union membership levels, as it shows that the reasons people have for joining unions are collective rather than general. They include mutual support, improved pay and conditions, peer group pressure, and believing in the principle of union organization.

Analysis, Labor relations

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Unions target recruitment

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UK trade unions need to recruit more members, given the 12% average annual turnover rate, according to a UK survey. However, a union recognition law may be needed to solidify recruitment efforts. According to the survey, over 50% of the unions are increasing their recruitment budgets, derecognition efforts and lawsuits against unions are decreasing, and the number of industrial action ballots has increased.

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