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Union Responses To Young Workers Since The Great Recession In Ireland, The Netherlands And Sweden: Are Youth Structures Re-Orienting The Union Agenda?, Kurt Vandaele Jan 2013

Union Responses To Young Workers Since The Great Recession In Ireland, The Netherlands And Sweden: Are Youth Structures Re-Orienting The Union Agenda?, Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

This article analyses how youth structures at the confederal level of trade unions are influencing the union agenda in the face of the growing problem of youth unemployment in Europe. Five youth structures from union confederations in Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden have been studied. Although youth structures were already able to influence the union agenda in certain confederations before the crisis, the evidence demonstrates that youth issues have gained prominence today. A particular pattern discernible across countries is coalition-building between youth structures and student organizations for guiding the transition of the next generation of young workers from school to …


Youth Representatives’ Opinions On Recruiting And Representing Young Workers: A Twofold Unsatisfied Demand?, Kurt Vandaele Jan 2012

Youth Representatives’ Opinions On Recruiting And Representing Young Workers: A Twofold Unsatisfied Demand?, Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

Unionization levels are far lower among young workers than for the workforce in general. How can trade unions become more responsive to their particular interests and needs? Union confederations, even in countries with decentralized union structures, have the potential to take effective initiatives to facilitate and support new organizing strategies targeted at young workers, for example by spreading knowledge, practical skills and vision of relevance for improving the representation and recruitment of young workers. Yet the survey findings reported here show that youth representatives across Europe find their confederations’ responsiveness and commitment to organizing to be inadequate. Their dissatisfaction confirms …


Sustaining Or Abandoning ‘Social Peace’? Strike Development And Trends In Europe Since The 1990s, Kurt Vandaele Jan 2011

Sustaining Or Abandoning ‘Social Peace’? Strike Development And Trends In Europe Since The 1990s, Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Following The ‘Organising Model’ Of British Unions? Organising Non-Standard Workers In Germany And The Netherlands, Kurt Vandaele, Janine Leschke Jan 2010

Following The ‘Organising Model’ Of British Unions? Organising Non-Standard Workers In Germany And The Netherlands, Kurt Vandaele, Janine Leschke

Kurt Vandaele

Over the last three decades trade unions in almost all European countries have been losing members. In particular non-standard workers (part-time employed, temporary employed and own-account self-employed) are currently less likely than those on standard contracts to be organised in unions. The paper, which is based on a literature review, has a twofold purpose. A first objective is to provide a survey of the initiatives developed by trade unions in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK for organising non-standard workers. A second objective is to assess whether, and to what extent, the Dutch and German unions are influenced by British …


Solidariteit In Beweging. Perspectieven Voor De Vakbond Van Morgen, Carl Devos, Kurt Vandaele, Jean Faniel, Corinne Gobin (Red.) Jan 2009

Solidariteit In Beweging. Perspectieven Voor De Vakbond Van Morgen, Carl Devos, Kurt Vandaele, Jean Faniel, Corinne Gobin (Red.)

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Inleiding, Kurt Vandaele, Carl Devos, Corinne Gobin, Jean Faniel Jan 2009

Inleiding, Kurt Vandaele, Carl Devos, Corinne Gobin, Jean Faniel

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Solidarité En Mouvement. Perspectives Pour Le Syndicat De Demain, Jean Faniel, Corinne Gobin, Carl Devos, Kurt Vandaele (Coord.) Jan 2009

Solidarité En Mouvement. Perspectives Pour Le Syndicat De Demain, Jean Faniel, Corinne Gobin, Carl Devos, Kurt Vandaele (Coord.)

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Introduction Générale, Corinne Gobin, Jean Faniel, Kurt Vandaele, Carl Devos Jan 2009

Introduction Générale, Corinne Gobin, Jean Faniel, Kurt Vandaele, Carl Devos

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Reports. European Trade Unionism In Transition? Workshop, Berlin, 9 And 10 September 2008, Kurt Vandaele Jan 2008

Reports. European Trade Unionism In Transition? Workshop, Berlin, 9 And 10 September 2008, Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Na De Blues, Een Nieuwe Swing? Stakingen, Vakbondsgroei En Het Acv, Kurt Vandaele Jan 2005

Na De Blues, Een Nieuwe Swing? Stakingen, Vakbondsgroei En Het Acv, Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews. Strategic Unionism And Partnership, Boxing Or Dancing? (Edited By Tony Huzzard, Denis Gregory And Regan Scott), Kurt Vandaele Jan 2005

Book Reviews. Strategic Unionism And Partnership, Boxing Or Dancing? (Edited By Tony Huzzard, Denis Gregory And Regan Scott), Kurt Vandaele

Kurt Vandaele

No abstract provided.