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Unions, challenges and “ youf ”

PSAY Wellington, November, 2012. Unions, challenges and “ youf ”. The way unions were………. Work and identity. C ommunity. Powerful. Political. Male? White?. Arrogant and complacent?. Things fall apart……. The Productivity Crisis. Oil………and the 1971 Nixon Shock.

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Unions, challenges and “ youf ”

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  1. PSAY Wellington, November, 2012 Unions, challenges and “youf” PSAY Looking to the future

  2. The way unions were……….. PSAY Looking to the future

  3. Work and identity PSAY Looking to the future

  4. Community PSAY Looking to the future

  5. Powerful PSAY Looking to the future

  6. Political PSAY Looking to the future

  7. Male? White? PSAY Looking to the future

  8. Arrogant and complacent? PSAY Looking to the future

  9. Things fall apart……. PSAY Looking to the future

  10. The Productivity Crisis PSAY Looking to the future

  11. Oil………and the 1971 Nixon Shock PSAY Looking to the future

  12. Neo-Liberalism, Restructuring and Accommodations PSAY Looking to the future

  13. Globalisation PSAY Looking to the future

  14. The Changing Labour Market: globally, sectorally PSAY Looking to the future

  15. Youth • Not like us • Different from previous youth • A problem • A target • To be molded PSAY Looking to the future

  16. Crisis in youth participation? • Evidence: • Not deeply apathetic • Most conventionally engaged • Disenchanted with political structures (alienated) • Interested in issues • Want recognition • Activities informal, individualised and everyday (not spectacular) PSAY Looking to the future

  17. Youth and Unions: the research • Youth less unionised • In low-unionisation sectors? • Levels of unionisation may be declining faster than for older workers • Lack of knowledge of unions? • “Latent” desire for unions? • Evidence of positive desire for unions (including in NZ) • Frustrated, unsatisfied demand? PSAY Looking to the future

  18. Engaging Youth in Unions • No one-best-way: youth engagement complex • Being heard • Being ordinary ( not “special”) • Young women more active, yet feeling more excluded? • New forms of participation and engagement? • Last session? PSAY Looking to the future

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