Professional Union Research Articles

Isolated subscapularis rupture in an adolescent – Arthroscopic repair and outcome – Case study

more commonly known as‘‘stingers’’ or‘‘burners’’.Inanacutesetting,theseverityofpaincanoften limit accurate examination and diagnosis. However, thepotential for injury progression to a possible irreparable statehighlights theimportanceofinitiallyexcludingrotatorcufftearsinall adolescents. We hereby present a case of an adolescent malewho sustainedatraumaticruptureofhissubscapularistendonanddiscuss our management.2. Case reportA 13-year-old boy sustained an injury to his right, dominantshoulder whilst playing rugby. He played football in the academyof a Premier League professional soccer club and county levelrugby union. He was tackled running forward, falling heavily ontohis fully abducted externally rotated right arm. He had immediatesevere pain and was unable to continue playing. He sustained ananterior shoulder dislocation, which was relocated by a physio-therapist at the time of injury. Following two weeks ofphysiotherapy, a more significant injury was suspected and hewas referred to the senior author.On examination there was tenderness anteriorly. He achievedactive flexionto1508andabductionto708,withfurthermovementlimited by pain. He demonstrated external rotation to 508 withdiscomfort. There was possible anterior translation of theglenohumeral joint in 308 of external rotation. He had markedanterior apprehension of his shoulder at 808 abduction and 208external rotation. Additionally the patient had a positive bellypress sign and bear hug test indicating involvement of thesubscapularis. There did not appear to be any supraspinatus,infraspinatus

Involving the Rural Landscape Environmental Principle in Strategic Planning by Sustainable Symbiosis and Cultural Creativity Involvement

In the context of globalization, urban development's core value, the connotation and the future had the huge transformation and the innovation. If the community planning advances to the international competition city, innovation in populace mobilization, inject new life concept and Change traditional industry management state is a series of urgent execution important work. And impetus community development and professional planners union for and international scene trail connection important interface also for current important development topic. Main topic namely by thorough community actual subject design, strengthens the community development and professional planners new knowledge energy such us the community space society to diagnose ability, the community develops the policy and the resources utilization, community space different specialized cooperation creativity ponder, communication skills, the operation and management of community workshops, international perspective, as well as community planning team and community partnership, continues forever the environment ecology by the specialized community manager and community resident communal development set of brand-new technologies and the life quality's new target, creation in the future turning point. And the new issues of city and countryside region activation and restoration are the key interface in line with the international arena and are the current important development topic.

MPs quiz doctors over views on training funds and private sector involvement in medical training

Medical professional bodies and unions giving evidence to the parliamentary select committee on health yesterday were united in their call for training budgets to be ringfenced to prevent money being siphoned off for service provision. Representatives of the BMA, the Royal College of Nursing, the public sector trade union Unison, and the Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association of the union Unite were invited to tell MPs on the Health Committee their views of the government’s plans to restructure the provision of training, increase the involvement of employers in training and workforce decisions, and involve the private sector in provision of training. MPs asked the four witnesses their views on the provision of funding. All agreed that funding for training needed to be ringfenced to protect it from being diverted …

Populism—Bringing Culture Back In

Populism—Bringing Culture Back In

The Bellevue Teachers Strike and Its Implications for the Future of Postindustrial Reform Unionism

Striking for nine days in 2008, teachers in Bellevue carved a distinctive path through the contradictory movements for professional reform unionism and national accountability. In addition to compensation, Bellevue’s teachers struck over the top-down prescriptive management epitomized by the Gates Foundation supported “Curriculum Web.” Where district administrators envisioned the web as a community resource, teachers complained that its detailed daily lesson plans hamstrung their ability to teach effectively. Teachers returned to work only when a memorandum of understanding was signed recognizing their authority to deviate from the district’s web-based curriculum. To achieve reform minded goals, teachers relied upon traditional union militancy.

Qualifying reasons for concern

Voice: the union for childcare professionals is teaming up with Chiltern College, and other interested parties, to lobby the government over a number of concerns that have surfaced recently in the sector.

In My View - Don't let go of the EYPs

John Chowcat, general secretary of Aspect, the union for educational improvement and children's services professionals

Exploring European osteopathic identity: An analysis of the professional websites of European osteopathic organizations

Introduction: A sociologically confirmed crisis in osteopathy exists in the USA. The crisis stems from the inadequate demarcation of the practical activity of DOs from the allopathic activity of MDs. In Europe differences in terminology and practices exist within the osteopathic professional group, making communication difficult between osteopaths. However, the distinctive of European osteopathy is an important precondition for defining a professional profile that would clearly demarcate osteopathy from other medical occupations and that would also set the ultimate goals of an osteopathic degree program having an ensured level of quality and meeting the requirements for state recognition. The result would be improved communication among the osteopaths themselves and with outsiders, to the benefit of the patients as well. Aim: To study the current status of osteopathic in Europe, we considered how the national professional unions and registers as well as the international osteopathic organizations currently present osteopathy. Methods:We performed a systematic and comparative analysis of the websites of 29 European osteopathic unions and/or registers (from 19 countries) and 3 international osteopathic organizations. We based our analysis on a list of questions arranged according to 11 categories, compiled following a systematic and historical analysis of the literature with the focus on terms referring to identity, crisis and professionalisation. Our predominantly phenomenological approach highlighted these terms in their osteopathic context. Results: Identity is a collective notion encompassing personal, collective and professional identity. The term identity refers to a state of unity, continuity and coherence. Identity is inconceivable without the setting of boundaries and the formation of oppositions. There exist identity-constituting features of osteopathy that altogether make up its distinctive identity. The professional unions and registers and international osteopathic organizations do not uniformly characterize osteopathy, however. They agree most (69%) with one another in defining osteopathy as being ‘manual in practice’. 66% of these registers and organizations describe osteopathy as a ‘system of diagnosis and treatment’. In contrast, 33% describe osteopathy as a ‘system of treatment’ (no diagnosis is mentioned). 31% define osteopathy as medicine, and 38% define it as a form of ‘therapeutic method or treatment’. Only 21% see the role of osteopathy to lie in first-line medical care. 24% define osteopathy as complementary and 7% as complementary or alternative. The form of recognition of osteopathy also varies: In some countries osteopathy is an independent profession and in others it represents only further training for other health professions (i.e. physiotherapy). Conclusions: Significant intra-professional differences exist in the presentation of osteopathy among the European professional unions and registers and international osteopathic organizations. The existence of these differences conflicts with the idea of a collective identity. The criteria for a professionalisation of osteopathy as an academic profession are not fulfilled at present.We conclude that osteopathy is undergoing a crisis of in Europe that can only be resolved creatively, through a common orientation of professional values.

Dumbing down the sector

Voice: the union for education professionals has joined forces with The Chiltern College to draw attention to what it believes is a backward step and hugely damaging to the professional standing of the early years workforce.

This smacks of passing the buck

HAVE YOU heard of the Singleton report? It had passed me by until I received this month's opinion piece from Voice: the union for education professionals [Nannies given go-ahead to smack, p6]. In short, the government asked Sir Roger Singleton, its chief advisor on the safety of children, to look into concerns regarding the use of ‘physical punishment by adults in various education, learning and care settings not covered by existing bans’.

Single status and job evaluation

Many members of the early years workforce have been affected by the Single Status agreement, both positively and negatively. Voice: the union for education professionals wants to hear your experiences.

Social networking

Tricia Pritchard, senior professional officer (childcare) at Voice: the union for education professionals, discusses the popularity of these Internet sites and asks: are they friend or foe?

Challenging criminal records

David Brierley, solicitor with Voice: the union for education professionals, answers of questions regarding Criminal Record Bureau checks and the introduction of the Vetting and Barring scheme.

Call to action

Tricia Pritchard, senior professional officer (childcare) at Voice: the union for education professionals, calls on childcare professionals and parents to actively show support for nanny registration.

Union Organizing as a Mobilizing Strategy: The Impact of Social Identity and Transformational Leadership on the Collectivism of Union Members

AbstractThis article investigates the effect of union organizing as a mobilizing strategy on the collectivism of union members. We examine the impact of a worker's social identification with fellow members and the transformational leadership qualities of the local union representative. We employ regression analysis with tests of mediation to analyse the survey responses of c. 1,000 rank and file members of a major professional union, collected in July 2004 during a mobilization campaign. Social identification and transformational leadership were associated with members' union loyalty and willingness to work for the union. Social identification acted as a mediating variable in both cases.

The train drivers' strike in Germany 2007–2008: warnings for the future of the German trade union movement?

ABSTRACTThe authors review the strike that took place during 2007–08 that was called by the oldest existing German trade union, the professional union of train drivers Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokführer (GDL). In so doing, the outcome of the strike is analysed, together with the dynamics of relationship between the GDL, the industrial union TRANSNET, the Gewerkschaft der Bahnbeamten und Anwärter (DBDA), the union of the civil servants employed by the German railway, and the railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB AG). These relationships are examined as paradigmatic of politics of a particularistic organisation like GDL and for politics of an encompassing organisation like TRANSNET. These relationships raise the question: would the growth of professional unions in Germany lead to an erosion of the German system of industrial relations, which currently is still relatively stable due to the predominance of encompassing industrial unions?

Nanny registration

Tricia Pritchard, senior professional officer (childcare) at Voice: the union for education professionals, revisits registration in the light of recent legislation for home educators.

Vetting and barring

David Brierley, solicitor at Voice: the union for education professionals, discusses what the new scheme will mean for the childcare workforce.

Laming report is to be welcomed

Voice: the union for education professionals welcomes the key findings of the Laming inquiry, and the training for children's services managers in England that were recently announced by the Children's Secretary.

Nannies as professionals

Tricia Pritchard, senior professional officer (childcare) at Voice: the union for education professionals, explains why nanny registration is more crucial than ever.