Trade Union Responses to Immigrants and Ethnic Inequality in Denmark and the UK: the Context of Consensus and Conflict
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in European Journal of Industrial Relations
- Vol. 10 (1), 7-30
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680104041194
Abstract
This article uses interviews with trade union activists in the UK and Denmark to explore union policies towards immigrant and ethnic minority members in each country. Danish policies emphasize education, communication, and awareness-raising, while the British focus on the structures of racism and exclusion, and the need for anti-discrimination and positive action policies. The article suggests that the contrast between the consensus and conflict frames of reference, and the quality of the national political discourse are factors which aid our understanding of these national differences.Keywords
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