Diploma in Contemporary Trade Unionism
The course covers:-
The development of trade unions in Britain
- economic, social and political context 1700-
1997
- changes in state policy
- emergence of the women’s movement
- trade unions and the state
- the impact of industrialisation on working
people and the origins of trade unions
- industrialisation and working people
- the impact of industrialisation on women
- the development of trade unions, protest
and resistance
- trade union experience 1850-1997
- changes in trade union strategies and tactics
- trade unions and the law
- syndicalism
- trade union achievements
- women and black workers in unions
Trade unions today
- trends in trade union organisation
- mapping trade unions and comparing results
- trade unions and the economy
- trade union trends
- influencing change
- globalisation
- trade unions and globalisation
- private sector
- public sector
- Europe
- how European law is made
- proposals for European directives
- trade unions and monetary union
- trade unions and the law
- workers’ rights
- how British law is made
- trade union business and the law
- collective bargaining
- bargaining structures
- the bargaining agenda
- drawing up
- progressing and testing a claim
- models of organisation
- organisational structures
- how unions influence
- research on media influence
- trade union messages
The future of trade unions
- models of trade unionism
- new unionism
- social partnerships
- organising unionism
- social movement trade unionism
- union democracy and representation
- union leadership
- European and international trade unionism
- European works councils
- trade unions and Europe
- trade unions internationally
- Challenges facing unions
- membership and recruitment
- labour market trends
- the future of collective bargaining
- globalisation
- multinational companies
- starting points for strategies
- models of trade unionism
- organising internationally
The study skills units
- Communication and study skills
- read and respond to written materials
- produce written materials
- prepare and make a presentation to a group
- take part in discussions and work collectively
- Research project
- project planning
- research skills
- presenting a project
- Working with figures
- statistical and mathematical techniques to collect
and record data
- sources of data
- presenting numerical information
- Information communication technology
- prepare and input data
- display and present information
- present data
- use database, word processing and spreadsheet
applications
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