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AUTOR(ES) Andy Charlwood , Anna Pollert
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University of York, ,, University of the West of England,
ANO 2009
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Work, Employment and Society
ISSN 0950-0170
E-ISSN 1469-8722
EDITORA Annual Reviews (United States)
DOI 10.1177/0950017009106771
CITAÇÕES 10
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18
MD5 d7cbfb2ca5cceba71a7d0feb54989bb9

Resumo

This article investigates the experience of low paid workers without union representation. It reports on the findings of a recent survey of 501 low paid, non-unionized workers who experienced problems at work. The results demonstrate that problems at work are widespread and, despite a strong propensity to take action to try to resolve them, most workers failed to achieve satisfactory resolutions. In the light of these results, we argue that the current UK Government definition of vulnerability is too narrow because our results suggest that a large proportion of low paid, unrepresented workers are at risk of being denied their employment rights. Therefore we question the ability of the UK's current system of predominantly non-unionized employment relations to deliver employment rights effectively and fairly.

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