Bryson, A;
Beynon, H;
Blakeley, H;
Davies, R;
(2021)
The Persistence of Union Membership in the Coalfields of Britain.
British Journal of Industrial Relations
10.1111/bjir.12588.
(In press).
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Abstract
Spatial variance in union membership has been attributed to the favourable attitudes that persist in areas with an historical legacy of trade unionism. Within the United Kingdom, villages and towns located in areas once dominated by coalmining remain among the strongest and most durable bases for the trade union movement. This article empirically examines the effect of living within or near these areas upon union membership. Those residing in ex-mining areas retain an increased propensity for union membership. However, this effect diminishes sharply with distance. The analysis reveals that particular places can serve as conduits of trade unionism, long after employment within traditional industries has vanished.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Persistence of Union Membership in the Coalfields of Britain |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjir.12588 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12588 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10117949 |
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