Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

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Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity

Trade unions, grass roots activism and solidarity uses case studies from Europe, India and the UK, to examine forms of worker representation that are directly related to the changing role of women in work and society, and associated issues of civic gain and expansion. Start date provided is that of the WISERD Civil Society Centre….

Research Team: Alex Bryson (Department of Social Science, UCL), Helen Blakely (Cardiff University), Jean Jenkins (Cardiff University), Rhys Davies (Cardiff University)
Trade Union Membership, Associational Life and Wellbeing

Overview This project builds on previous WISERD research into geographical variations in trade union membership in Wales. (Beynon, Davies and Davies, 2012). The research programme derives from this analysis, which suggested that in South Wales collective understandings, rooted in an earlier period of unionisation, are spilling over into the contemporary period. This work was supported…

Research Team: Alex Bryson (Department of Social Science, UCL), Helen Blakely (Cardiff University), Huw Beynon (Cardiff University), Rhys Davies (Cardiff University), Steve Davies (Cardiff University)