Employee Relations: Volume 28 Issue 1

The problem of identity and trust in European works councils

Andrew R. Timming

The purpose of this paper is to look analytically at the relationship between identity and trust in the context of European industrial relations.

Industrial relations climate and staff attitudes in the fire service: a case of union renewal?

Tom Redman, Ed Snape

The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for trade union renewal in the UK fire service. Its aim is to consider two main questions: “How have union‐management…

Equal opportunity and diversity management meet downsizing: A case study in the UK airline industry

Asma Bajawa, Jean Woodall

The purpose of this paper is to report on case study research of employment downsizing and the implications for equal opportunity and diversity management conducted in the UK…

Reflections on public sector‐based integrative collective bargaining: Conditions affecting cooperation within the negotiation process

Natasha Caverley, Bart Cunningham, Lari Mitchell

The purpose of this article is to understand better how specific conditions such as the degree of trust developed from previous negotiations, the level of expertise/style…

The contents of whistleblowing/confidential reporting procedures in the UK: Some lessons from empirical research

David Lewis

The purpose of this article is to explain why whistleblowing is important and to examine the recent empirical research relating to such confidential reporting/whistleblowing…

Age discrimination: legislation and human capital accumulation

Peter Urwin

It is hard to disentangle the possible reasons for differential rates of training incidence amongst older and younger workers. While older workers are less likely to undergo…

USA trade unions split

John Gennard