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Activist Capture A Walk On The Wild Side - Managing employee relations in global and millennial times ... 10 minutes at a time
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This new episode of The Wild Side podcast deals with Activist Capture. Host Alan Wild describes the two forms of activist capture and shares regional examples of how it might play out. The first is where low voting in Works Council ballots results in the election of members who put their own interests before those of the people they represent. A similar issue is faced where thresholds for trade union representation are very low, and militant unions secure bargaining rights for the workforce despite having few members. The phenomenon is observed in rights-based employee relations systems and is a growing issue for Tech companies with no history of works council organization or trade union membership. The second form of activist capture is where internal company issues are hijacked by militant activists for their purposes, explode out of control in social and mainstream media, and are judged in the court of public opinion.
Key Takeaways:
The two distinct forms of activist capture. [1:40]
A recap of power-based countries and rights-based countries. [2:56]
All European employees have a say in who represents them in elections. [4:21]
Rights of Trade Union Committees in Nordic and Central and Eastern European countries. [7:37]
Activist capture in the Tech industry in Europe. [9:28]
Examples of socially-driven activist capture in the United States. [11:41]
Resources:
HR Policy Association
Alan Wild on Linkedin
awild@hrpolicy.org — Request the 2023 HR Policy Survey
HR Policy Upcoming Events
This new episode of The Wild Side podcast deals with Activist Capture. Host Alan Wild describes the two forms of activist capture and shares regional examples of how it might play out. The first is where low voting in Works Council ballots results in the election of members who put their own interests before those of the people they represent. A similar issue is faced where thresholds for trade union representation are very low, and militant unions secure bargaining rights for the workforce despite having few members. The phenomenon is observed in rights-based employee relations systems and is a growing issue for Tech companies with no history of works council organization or trade union membership. The second form of activist capture is where internal company issues are hijacked by militant activists for their purposes, explode out of control in social and mainstream media, and are judged in the court of public opinion.
Key Takeaways:
The two distinct forms of activist capture. [1:40]
A recap of power-based countries and rights-based countries. [2:56]
All European employees have a say in who represents them in elections. [4:21]
Rights of Trade Union Committees in Nordic and Central and Eastern European countries. [7:37]
Activist capture in the Tech industry in Europe. [9:28]
Examples of socially-driven activist capture in the United States. [11:41]
Resources:
HR Policy Association
Alan Wild on Linkedin
awild@hrpolicy.org — Request the 2023 HR Policy Survey
HR Policy Upcoming Events
15 min