Working Lives Research Institute
Professor Anna Pollert
February 2003 - October 2005
February 2003 - October 2005, The Unorganised Worker: Routes to Support
and Views on Representation. This project explores the experience of problems
at work and sources of support and advice of non-unionised workers in Britain.
It explores ‘concerns’ at work - what these are, how they
are perceived, whether any action is taken or not - and wider issues of individual
employment rights and their enforcement. Non-unionised workers’ use
of union help-lines, statutory bodies such as Acas and the Employment Tribunal
system, various support and advice agencies, such as Citizens Advice Bureau
and law centres, and wider social networks are examined. The research involves
both a telephone survey of 500 workers and qualitative interviews of a smaller
number accessed through the survey respondents, the Citizens Advice Bureaux
and other informal channels. Wider attitudes towards individual and collective
representation and broader social engagement are also explored
Working Paper 1 Technical and Methodology Report
Working Paper 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Working Paper 3 Mapping the Problems
Working Paper 4 Examining the Problems of Unrepresented Workers in Britain
Working Paper 5 What do Unrepresented Workers do about Problems at Work?
Working Paper 6 The Unorganised Worker: Problems at Work and Routes to Resolution with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
Working Paper 7 Collectivism and Views on Trade Unions among Unrepresented Workers with Problems at Work
