Having a union rep in the workplace improves job quality for employees by reducing their levels of stress, improving their work-life balance, and improving their well-being, according to new research. This is important because higher job quality can lead to higher productivity and fewer workers quitting their job.
The paper Union representation, collective voice and job quality: an analysis of a survey of union members in the UK finance sector—by Professor Kim Hoque, of Warwick Business School, John Earls of the Unite trade union, Neil Conway of Royal Holloway, University of London and Nick Bacon of Cass Business School—analysed a survey conducted by Unite involving union members from the UK finance sector.
Professor Hoque said, “Job quality is not only important to the individual worker, but to the organisation or company as well. Job quality has been closely linked to job satisfaction, which in turn has been identified as an important element of higher productivity. It also leads to fewer workers leaving and lower absenteeism, both of which have an economic benefit to the organisation.
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