Trade Unions, Union Learning Representatives and Employer-Provided Training in Britain

TY - JOUR

T1 - Trade Unions, Union Learning Representatives and Employer-Provided Training in Britain

AU - Hoque, Kim

AU - Bacon, Nick

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - This article provides an empirical assessment of the relationship between trade union recognition, union density, union learning representatives (ULRs) and employer-provided training in British workplaces using linked employer–employee data from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey. The results suggest that the relationship between union recognition and training is, at best, weak. We find no consistent relationship between union density and training or between the presence of ULRs and training. We do, however, find some evidence of greater equality in the distribution of training in ULR workplaces than in other workplaces.

AB - This article provides an empirical assessment of the relationship between trade union recognition, union density, union learning representatives (ULRs) and employer-provided training in British workplaces using linked employer–employee data from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey. The results suggest that the relationship between union recognition and training is, at best, weak. We find no consistent relationship between union density and training or between the presence of ULRs and training. We do, however, find some evidence of greater equality in the distribution of training in ULR workplaces than in other workplaces.

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00681.x

DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00681.x

M3 - Article

SN - 0007-1080

VL - 46

SP - 702

EP - 731

JO - British Journal of Industrial Relations

JF - British Journal of Industrial Relations

IS - 4

ER -