Professionalism and consensus: unpacking the singular framing of nurses and midwives’ unionism

TY - JOUR

T1 - Professionalism and consensus: unpacking the singular framing of nurses and midwives’ unionism

AU - Guillaume, Cecile

AU - Kirton, Gill

PY - 2020/9/15

Y1 - 2020/9/15

N2 - Drawing on qualitative research in the main UK unions for nurses/midwives, this article investigates the background ideas and social and cultural conditions that shape the framing of union agendas and practices. It explores the embeddedness of union identities in institutional, social and gendered structures, as well as leaders' attempts to shift the union agenda towards stronger ‘unionateness’. The article reflects on the multi-layered and potentially conflicting nature of unions’ framing processes, and the complicated relationship between the evolution of ideas and that of practices, which promises to be even more complex as the healthcare sector and unions emerge from the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

AB - Drawing on qualitative research in the main UK unions for nurses/midwives, this article investigates the background ideas and social and cultural conditions that shape the framing of union agendas and practices. It explores the embeddedness of union identities in institutional, social and gendered structures, as well as leaders' attempts to shift the union agenda towards stronger ‘unionateness’. The article reflects on the multi-layered and potentially conflicting nature of unions’ framing processes, and the complicated relationship between the evolution of ideas and that of practices, which promises to be even more complex as the healthcare sector and unions emerge from the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis.

M3 - Article

SN - 1468-232X

JO - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

JF - Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

ER -