The Impact of Religion on Trade Union Relations with Black Workers
Researchers
Mary Davis and Sukhwant Dhaliwal
Project Summary
This research project has sought to conduct a preliminary investigation of two central frameworks we have identified within the British trade union movement for the recruitment and organising of Black workers: those that fall within the remit of ‘Black self-organisation’ and those that ascribe to the ‘community unionism’ model - notably ‘broad-based alliances’ between secular and religious organisations initiated primarily by the Citizen Organising Foundation. This project has aimed to assess such initiatives and examine the contrasts and synergies between them. The research has also reflected three broader current issues notably: the resurgence of a religious identity at both individual and group level; the de-secularisation of public policy; and the implications of new race relations and religious discrimination regulations on the world of work.
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