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The History of the LGPSU is not only the history of the trade union. It is also a history of the public service sector in independent Ireland and its often-difficult relationship with the estate. Born in the war of independence, the local government…

Michael Goldfield challenges standard explanations for union decline, arguing that the major causes are to be found in the changing relations between classes. Goldfield combines innovative use of National Labor Relations Board certification election…

This comprehensive study traces the development of the trade union theory from its nineteenth century foundation to the more advanced conceptual models of today. Michael Poole surveys the main tributaries of modern approaches - the moral and ethical,…

This volume brings together a selection of contributions from expert academics and leading figures of the union itself, wherein the achievements and failures of UNISON since its creation in 1993, and the challenges it will face in the future, are…

Increasing diversity in the workforce has several sources: (a) the changing demographics of the structure of the U.S (b) the increased importance of globalization to profits and long-term survival in many companies, and (c) changes in the structure…

The two studies in industrial relations in this research paper collection includes The Position of Women in Industry by Nancy Smear and Changing Wage Payment Systems by Robert B. McKersie.

A lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 6th December 1826 by Nassau William Senior regarding Political Economy.

This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well-being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of…

This edited collection of essays on the ‘new workplace’ reflects the major changes which have affected the position of British trade unions over the past decade. It brings together two important themes – new management practices and trade…

Recent years have seen the emergence of what is variously referred to as ‘the new working class’ or even ‘the new middle class’. This new class is largely centered on the ever-increasing number of technical, supervisory and lower managerial…

Trade Unions in Renewal brings together a series of studies of union renewal from five different countries - the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada. Although unions in the five countries have all been influenced by…

More than a Century before the welfare state and comprehensive social services took shape, the early trade societies and unions had worked out an elaborate method of coping with unemployment that the industrial revolution made a constant feature of…

This volume is about deviance in the workplace. It defines deviance as departures from laws or organizational rules by workers, managers, or an organization as an entity. It brings together contributions by scholars in the sociology of work and of…

In recent decades there has been a considerable relative decline in the numbers of manual workers in production industries who have in the past formed the backbone of trade union organisation. In most western countries, ‘white-collar’ employees…