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Strategies to encourage women workers to sign up and remain in trade unions

For more than a decade, researchers have been interested in the study of trade unions across the world, including Malaysia. Although trade unions have been in this country, but there have been a number of withdrawals of women’s membership in the past few years, from 2018 to 2021. The objective of t...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Fadillah, Abdul Kadir, Adibah, Mohamad Azmi, Nur Azia Hazida, Mohd Yusof, Halimah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Asia Pasific 2024
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11765/1/J17181_a88df3ea45c24f42358a132e3a73a69e.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11765/ https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i2.1863
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spelling	my.uthm.eprints.117652025-01-27T01:53:35Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11765/ Strategies to encourage women workers to sign up and remain in trade unions Ismail, Fadillah Abdul Kadir, Adibah Mohamad Azmi, Nur Azia Hazida Mohd Yusof, Halimah HD Industries. Land use. Labor For more than a decade, researchers have been interested in the study of trade unions across the world, including Malaysia. Although trade unions have been in this country, but there have been a number of withdrawals of women’s membership in the past few years, from 2018 to 2021. The objective of the study is to discuss why women refuse to join trade unions, the reasons behind it, and how to encourage women to join and stay in trade unions. To highlight, this study discussed several factors that explain why women still refuse to join trade unions in the first subtopic. In the discussion, it was stated about gender inequality, work culture, different ideologies, low awareness, anti-union sentiments and work imbalance. Meanwhile, the second subtopic explained and justified the reasons women leave the union, including factors such as leadership, personal and family factors, insufficient facilities and support, working factors, dues factors and union structure. In the third part, this research discussed multiple strategies that can be implemented to encourage women to join and stay in trade unions. Many roles need to be played together as a whole body, regardless of the organization itself, to enforce the participation of women in trade unions. Thus, this research suggests providing societal and economic support for women, paying attention to the structure of the organization, developing a supportive and positive work environment, developing a women’s empowerment campaign and promoting equality policies in trade unions. Overall, future research needs to be explored to stay in trend and relevant to current developments and situations in trade unions Asia Pasific 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11765/1/J17181_a88df3ea45c24f42358a132e3a73a69e.pdf Ismail, Fadillah and Abdul Kadir, Adibah and Mohamad Azmi, Nur Azia Hazida and Mohd Yusof, Halimah (2024) Strategies to encourage women workers to sign up and remain in trade unions. Environment and Social Psychology, 9 (2). pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i2.1863
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spellingShingle	HD Industries. Land use. Labor Ismail, Fadillah Abdul Kadir, Adibah Mohamad Azmi, Nur Azia Hazida Mohd Yusof, Halimah Strategies to encourage women workers to sign up and remain in trade unions
description	For more than a decade, researchers have been interested in the study of trade unions across the world, including Malaysia. Although trade unions have been in this country, but there have been a number of withdrawals of women’s membership in the past few years, from 2018 to 2021. The objective of the study is to discuss why women refuse to join trade unions, the reasons behind it, and how to encourage women to join and stay in trade unions. To highlight, this study discussed several factors that explain why women still refuse to join trade unions in the first subtopic. In the discussion, it was stated about gender inequality, work culture, different ideologies, low awareness, anti-union sentiments and work imbalance. Meanwhile, the second subtopic explained and justified the reasons women leave the union, including factors such as leadership, personal and family factors, insufficient facilities and support, working factors, dues factors and union structure. In the third part, this research discussed multiple strategies that can be implemented to encourage women to join and stay in trade unions. Many roles need to be played together as a whole body, regardless of the organization itself, to enforce the participation of women in trade unions. Thus, this research suggests providing societal and economic support for women, paying attention to the structure of the organization, developing a supportive and positive work environment, developing a women’s empowerment campaign and promoting equality policies in trade unions. Overall, future research needs to be explored to stay in trend and relevant to current developments and situations in trade unions
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author	Ismail, Fadillah Abdul Kadir, Adibah Mohamad Azmi, Nur Azia Hazida Mohd Yusof, Halimah
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title	Strategies to encourage women workers to sign up and remain in trade unions
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publisher	Asia Pasific
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