TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacKenzie,Robert
TI  - Why do contingent workers join a trade union?: evidence from the Irish telecommunications sector
SN  - 09596801
AV  - HD8391.E87 EUR 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - sage
KW  - Contingent workers
KW  - Trade union
KW  - Telecommunications sector
N2  - The restructuring of Irish telecommunications brought major changes to employment in the sector, including increased use of contingent labour. The Communications Workers Union won bargaining recognition in the main subcontract supply firm.The recruitment of contingent workers brought new challenges in terms of reconciling the interests of members working on traditional employment contracts and those with a variety of contingent employment forms. Successful organizing campaigns also raised the questions: why do contingent workers join the union and what does union membership mean to them? These developments are set in the context of union responses to sectoral restructuring in other countries, and possible lessons are drawn for broader attempts by unions to recruit and represent contingent workers
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680110364829
ER  -