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1 Index 15-M movement, Spain, 10, 143, 155, 156 3F (United Federation of Danish Workers), 78, Euros Generation, 109, n2 ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics), 57, 58 activism, 196 Argentina, 46, 49 Greece, 116 Next Wave programming and, Poland, 128, 134 United States, 181, ADEDY (Federation of Public Sector Workers), Greece, 114, 115, 119n7 AFL CIO (American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organisations), 67, 178, 180 1, 192 AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), 177 Council 13, 183 5, 187 Council 75, HGEA (Hawaii Government Employees Association), 185 6, 187, 190 Next Wave program, 178, 181 5, see also Next Wave age patterns, Australian unions, 65 8 ajeros, 39, 51n4 Allen, Ken, 183, 188, 189 Are you OK? campaign Denmark, efficacy, 80 3 logo, 86 message, 78 9 organisational structure, survey of, 81, 82, 85, 86 Argentina, 9, 37 9 generation gap, 9, 37, 39 42, 43 6 incorporation of young people as state workers and metalworkers, labour flexibility, 38 national Metalworkers Union (Unión Obrera Metalúrgica UOM), 41 2 precarious labour, 38 public sector workers association, union density, 38, 50n2 union tradition, 43 6 ATE (Asociación De Trabajadores Del Estado ate), 39 40, 46 9, 50n3 ATL (Association of Teachers and Lecturers), 165 attentisme, 18 Australia, 5, 54 age patterns in unionism, 65 8 average age by gender unionists and employees, 61, 62 legislative environment, 56 7 SDA (Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Union), 67 8 trade union density by age, 58, 59 trade union membership by age group, 60 union campaigns for youth, 67 8 union density by age group and gender, 62, 63 union membership and density by age, unions and youth, 55 6 youth participation in labour market, 66 youth views about unions, 65 6 Bailey, Janis, 9, BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union), 165 Bielski Boris, Monica, 10,

2 202 Index British Dental Association, 164 CAJ (Commission Armées Jeunesse Armed Youth Commission), 101 Canada, 8, 55, 178, 179, 180 cartoneros, 39, 51n4 Castells, Manuel, 75 CCJ (Centre confédéral de la jeunesse), 100, 101 CCOO (Workers Commissions), Spain, 146, CEE (Central and Eastern European countries), 21 2 CES (Youth Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation), 101 CFA (Committee on Freedom of Association), 101, 129 CFDT (Confédération française démocratique du travail), 98, , 101 CFTC (Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens), 99, 101, 102 CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail), 93, 94, , 101 3, 156, 158n4 CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo), 43, 44 Chisney, Molly, 188 Civil Rights Movement, 181 CNJ (Conseil National de la Jeunesse National Youth Council), 101 Commission Contract Generation, campaign, 131 Confederation of Professionals in Denmark (FTF), 9, 73, 78, 84 Conservative Liberal Coalition Government, Denmark, 71 Contrepois, Sylvie, 9, coordination, principle of, 92, 104n1 CPE (Contrat de Première Embauche), 93, 94, , 101 CSCA (Civil Service Clerical Association), 164 CTA (Central de Trabajadores Argentinos), 39, 44, 51n4 culture of excellence, 154 Danish Association of Interactive Media, 76 Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), 9, 71 3, 78 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87n6 Dansk Metal (Danish Metalworkers Union), 78, 81 deliberative vitality, young workers and unions, 16 19, 21 3, 33 Denmark, 9, 71 3, 83 4 Are you OK? campaign, 78 83, 85, 86 communication, 75 8 education, 74 industrial relations model, 71 media, 74 5 trade unions, young people and media, 73 8 union membership, 84 DGB (German Federation of Trade Unions), 179 DZS (Democratic Student Alliance), 131 EC (European Commission), 118n1, 132 ECB (European Central Bank), 118n1 EFBWW (European Federation of Building and Woodworkers), 20 EFFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Union), 20 EPSU (European Federation of Public Service Unions), 20 Estonia, 125, 129 ETF (European Transport Workers Federation), 20 ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation), 164, 180, 196 ETUF (European Trade Union Federations), 9, 19, 20 2 EU-15, 108, 109, 115 Eurostat, 109, 119n8 Labour Force Survey (LFS), 123, 124 7, 144 experience good model, union membership, 6, 66

3 Index 203 Facebook Denmark, 75, 76, 80 3 France, 93 Like Page of UNI Europa Youth, 20, 21, 34n2 Next Wave, 189 United Kingdom, 166, 171 2, 174 Fair Work Act 2009, Australia, 56 familism, UOM (Unión Obrera Metalúrgica), 41, 46 7, 49 FDIM (Danish Association of Interactive Media), 76, 77 Fernández Rodríguez, Carlos J., 10, FOA (Danish Union of Public Employees), 78, 81 France, 9 associations, 104n6 changing trade union strategies, contacting young people, dilemma of young people for joining unions, 94 8 social involvement of young people, 90 1 trade union discipline, 103 4, 104n7 union strategies for attracting young people, youth mobilisations, 91 3 Frontlash, 180 FSU (Fédération Syndicale Unitaire), 93, 94, 99 FTF (Confederation of Professionals in Denmark), 9, 73, 78, 84 FWC (Fair Work Commission), 56 FZZ (Trade Union Forum), 124, 128, Génération Précaire, 95 6, 99, 102 Geelan, Torsten, 9, gender Australian unions, 61, 62 3 gender democracy deficit, 17 women in unions, 17 19, 22, 126, 145, 178, 184 generation gap, 9 Spain, 153 union traditions in Argentina, 43 6 German Federation of Trade Unions, 179 gerontocracy, 7, 18, 130 Ghent system, union administration, 71, 87n3 ghettoisation, 7, 27, 102 Gindin, Julian, 43 Gluckman, Max, 43 GMB, 165 Great Recession, 33, 143 Greece, 9 changing political economy, debt crisis, 107 8, 109, , 115, legacy of precarious work, trade union membership, trade union reactions, union density, 115 Green Caucus, 188 Grollier, Sebastien, 97 GSEE (General Confederation of Greek Workers), , 118, 119n5 Hallay, Lydia, 182, 184 Hanna, Michael, 182, 188 Heery, Edmund, ix xi HGEA (Hawaii Government Employees Association), 185 6, 187, 190 High Level Mission of International Labour Office, 115 Hilton, Matt, 182, 188 HK (Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees), 78, 80, 81 Hodder, Andy, 1 15, 10, , Hughes, Steve, 182, 184 Ibáñez Rojo, Rafael, 10, ILO (International Labour Organization), 119n8, 129, 196 IMF (International Monetary Fund), 118n1, 125 Indignados movement, 32, 119n2, 143 IndustriAll s Youth Networking Group, 20 Insinga, Carla, 183, 184 International Centre for Trade Union Rights, 7

4 204 Index IST (Institut supérieur du travail), 94, 96, 100 ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation), 196 JOC (Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne Young Christian Workers), 99 junk contracts, Poland, 124, 130 1, 133, junk jobs, Poland, 134, 137, 138 Juppé Plan, 92 Karolak, Mateusz, 10, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 187 Krasowska, Agata, 10, Kretsos, Lefteris, 1 15, 9, , Krzywdzinski, Martin, 128 Kubisa, Julia, 129 labour flexibility, Argentina, 38 Labour Studies Workshop, 40, 51n6 Lehman Brothers, 197 LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer), 178 liberal orientation, trade unionism, López Calle, Pablo, 10, LO (Danish Confederation of Trade Unions), 9, 71 3, 78 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87n6 Lucy, Bill, 184 McEntee, Gerald, 185, 191 managerial strategies, Spain, Martínez Lucio, Miguel, 10, Metalworkers Union (UOM), Argentina, 41 2, 46 7, 49 monotributistas, 51n5 Mrozowicki, Adam, 10, Municipal Employees Next Wave programme, see Next Wave NASUWT (National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers), 165 National Civil Personal Union (UPCN), 50n3 National Student Coordination, 92 National Young Workers, 165 NES (National Employment Standards), 56 network orchestrator, 77 New Unionism, 163 New Zealand, 8, 55, 179 Next Wave challenges of, contributions of, formation of, forms and focus of, Municipal Employees, 10 Oregon, 177, Pennsylvania, 177, 183 5, 187, programming and activism, see also United States NSZZ Solidarność (Free Independent Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarność), 124 5, NUT (National Union of Teachers), 165 Occupy Movement, 32, 189, 190, 197 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), 113, 115, 151 Olympic Truce of 2004, 111 OPZZ (All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions), 124 5, , 138 Oregon, Next Wave, 177, Organising Academy, TUC, 163, 164 Ost, David, 128, 138 Ostrowski, Piotr, 129 OZZ IP (Workers Initiative), Poland, 125, 131 OZZP (Nationwide Union of Midwives), 130 PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union), 10, 162, 174 YMN (Young Members Network), , 174 Peetz, David, 9, Pennsylvania, Next Wave, 177, 183 5, 187, Perónism, 45, 51n9 Perónist tradition, 41, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51n9

5 Index 205 personería gremial, 43, 44 Poland, 10 junk contracts, 124, 130 1, 133, junk jobs, 134, 137, 138 liberal orientation of young workers, precarisation of youth employment in, reformist orientation of young workers, union density, 124, 127 8, 130 withdrawn orientation of young workers, young workers orientations towards trade unions, 132 7, political economy, Greece, pragmatic unionism, 41, 138 precarious labour Argentina, 38 Greece, Poland, Spain, 145, Price, Robin, 9, reformist orientation, trade unionism, Romania, 125, 129 Saunders, Lee, 191 SDA (Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Union), Australia, 67 8 self-employed workers, 51n4 Poland, 125 6, , Spain, 150, 153 Slovenia, 125, 129 SLR (Sauvons la Recherche) movement, 96 socialization, workplace in Spain, social movements French young people, 90 3 Occupy Movement, 32, 189, 190, 197 see also Next Wave solidarity Argentina, Europe, 16, 19 France, 100, 103 Greece, , 117 Poland, 181 Sorenson, Jaimie, 182, 188 Soul, Julia, 9, Spain, 10, 142 3, M movement, 10, 143, 155, 156 CCOO (Workers Commissions), 146, economic structure and its influence on unionism, Estatuto de los Trabajadores (Workers Statute), 146 knowledge about union activities by age, 148 new managerial strategies, precarisation in labour market, recruiting young members, unemployment rate, 144 unionised workers by age, 147 views of employees regarding collective bargaining, 149 Spann, Darrin, 183 Spink, Paul, 187 state workers, incorporation of young people in Argentina, STUC (Scottish Trades Union Congress), 165 Swanson, Grant, 188 Sweeney, John, 181 tareferos, 39, 51n4 Thatcher s children, 6, 145, 169 Tocher, Tam, 182 trade unionism, see unionism trade union movement, 7, 85, 108 Troika, Greece, 115, 117, 118n1 TUC (Trade Union Congress), 10, 114, 163 6, 167, 171, 172, 173 Twitter, 75, 166, 171 3, 174 UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers), 179 UK (United Kingdom), 10, case study of PCS Young Members Network (YMN), Thatcher s children, 6, 145, 169 trade unions in, 162 7

6 206 Index UK (United Kingdom) continued union density, 167 union use of social media, 172 UNEF (Union Nationale des étudiants de France), 93, 99, 104n11 UNI Europa Facebook Like Page, 20, 21, 34n2 Youth Steering Group, 20 union density Australia, 55, 57 64, 65 Denmark, 72, 84, 87n9 Greece, 115 Latin American countries, 50n2 Poland, 124, 127 8, 130 UK (United Kingdom), 167 US (United States), 177, 179, 181 unionism, 1 2, 22, 42, age patterns, 64, 66 7 Australian, 9, 54, 62, 64, 67 Denmark, 77 France, 90, 92 3, 100 gender gap, 62 New Wave in US, 188 Poland, 127 8, 132 4, pragmatic, 41 radical, in Greece, , 118 Spain, 10, 143, 146 8, spectrum of, 50 UK (United Kingdom), 162, 165, 167, 171, union membership Australia, Denmark, 84 Greece, union tradition Argentina, 39 40, 41 generation gap and, 43 6 incorporation of young people as state and metalworkers, UNISON, 164, 165 Unite, 7, 8, 165 United Auto Workers, 181 United States, 10 challenges of Next Wave, contributions of Next Wave, formation of Next Wave, forms and focus of Next Wave, history of youth and US labour movement, labour movement in, Next Wave programming and activism, union density, 177, 179, 181 youth as constituency group for labour, UNL (Union Nationale des Lycéens), 93 UNSA (Union Nationale des Syndicats Autonomes), 93, 97, 99 UOM (Unión Obrera Metalúrgica), 41 2, 46 7, 49 UPCN (Unión de Personal Civil de la Nación), 50n3 Vandaele, Kurt, 9, verticalism, 45 Volkswagen Motor Poland, 130, 131 Walker, Scott, 187 withdrawn orientation, trade unionism, women, see gender working-class unity, 46 Young Unionists Movement, Australia, 67 young workers constituency group for US labour, deliberative vitality in unions, 16 19, 21 3, 33 interests and needs, 24, 26 7 non-unionized, orientations towards trade unions in Poland, PCS Young Members Network (YMN), recruiting, for trade unions in Spain, trade unions in Denmark, 73 8 and trade unions in Spain, trade unions in UK, in unions, 17 19, see also YS (youth structures) Young Workers Forum, TUC, 164 Youth Campaign Award, TUC, 165 YouTube, 75, 76, 80, 81, 83, 87n8, 166

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