GENÇLERİN SENDİKAL ALGI VE TUTUMLARI ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Young workers often work in low-wage, low-status and precarious jobs, and their positions in the labour market are increasingly subject to instability, which is expected to require greater union protection and support. However, in recent years as in the whole world, in Turkey, the young unionization rate is declining faster than the rate of adults. This study focuses on young people s attitudes and behaviours towards the trade union, which are among the reasons for the low union membership rates of the young employees.\xa0The young people who are in the 15-29 age group who are working fulltime/part-time, periodically or temporarily in the labour market constitute the research group.\xa0\xa0\xa0Data were collected by face-to-face survey method and frequency distribution and descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data.\xa0\xa0 According to the findings of this study, the trade union attitudes and perceptions of the youth are not negative and contrary to the general opinion, they have sufficient knowledge about the trade union.\xa0\xa0On the other hand,\xa0 the trade unions were found to be inadequate and dysfunctional in explaining and promoting themselves.