Trade Union Voice as a Lever for Good Jobs - Evidence, Policy, and Practice in Northern Ireland
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This paper has been prepared by Dr Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute, Adjunct Associate Professor University College Dublin and the Minister for the Economy’s ‘Critical Friend’.
It draws out the evidence underpinning Departmental policy proposals relating to worker voice and representation.
It details the evidence which indicates that collective voice, exercised through trade unions, provides a consistently effective voice channel, and discusses the evidence which demonstrates the positive impacts that trade union voice can have on a number of other aspects of job quality, as well as on business outcomes.
It also considers the current state of worker voice in Northern Ireland, including trends in union membership, collective bargaining coverage, and the broader institutional context in which voice operates.