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Comparing the changing fortunes of trade unions across Great Britain

27th January 2023 | Alex Bryson, Rhys Davies, Samuel Jones

In our last blog post we looked at how WISERD’s free interactive mapping tool UnionMaps reveals the complex patterns in trade union membership that exist across Great Britain. Analysis revealed that the overall downward trend in union density that is observed across Great Britain as a whole masks very different local fortunes for the trade…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity

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Mapping the uneven decline of union membership in Great Britain

26th January 2023 | Alex Bryson, Rhys Davies, Samuel Jones

Recent waves of strike action by nurses, train drivers, ambulance drivers, university lecturers, teachers and others besides has highlighted the prominent position that trade unions continue to hold within the UK. An important factor that determines the power and influence of trade unions, either within an organisation or across a sector, is the proportion of…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Inequalities, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity

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Localities and histories: Why census data is important to understanding Trade Union membership

15th March 2021 | Alex Bryson, Helen Blakely, Huw Beynon, Rhys Davies

Within England and Wales, March 21st, 2021 is census day. Taking place every 10 years, the census provides the most accurate estimate of the population and a detailed account about people and the households in which they live. The data is vital to understanding our society and in providing information that is necessary to support the…

Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing

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WISERD launches interactive UnionMaps service

9th September 2019 | Alex Bryson, Helen Blakely, Huw Beynon, Rhys Davies, Steve Davies

Today, WISERD launches a new interactive service allowing users to access data on union membership for over 400 unitary authority and local authority districts of Great Britain. UnionMaps allows users to produce area reports of union membership for a particular location or explore how different measures of union membership vary across Great Britain. Since its…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Localities, Work and Labour Markets | Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing

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