Category: The union seen from within

This thematic area is responsible for investigating the presence, strength and representation of the trade union, both among active workers, belonging to the different trade sectors, and among pensioners.

This area focuses on different topics ranging from the analysis of the levels of union membership and density in the industrial and manufacturing sectors, to ad hoc surveys aimed at investigating the organization, the services offered, the levels of membership and proselytism, but also to identify the profile of members and their relationship with politics and with trade unions.

Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are applied to the research projects related to this area, which are strictly complementary and intertwined according to a temporal and substantial continuity.

The topics under study are:

Membership levels;
Members’ profile: characteristics and quality of life;
Youth and their relationship with the trade union;
Representation and representativeness of the trade union;
Trade union organization and strategy.