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How did British trade unions become the most politically influential in the western world? Have they exercised an arbitrary power? How effective have legal constraints been on their activities? Will the 1990s see the marginalization of the unions, or…

Based on a lecture to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Employment Rights given by Jim Mortimer. Opening address was given by John Hendy.

Britain's trade unions are facing formidable problems as they respond to the challenge of rapid economic and industrial change. But they remain adaptable enough to survive and grow into the twenty-first century. This is the main conclusion of this…

United We Stand is a highly original and fundamentally important history of how working people in Britain, from the eighteenth century to the present, have sought to improve their position in an often-harsh world.

Throughout the modern era trade…

Part of a thesis entitled: The demand for workers' control in the railway, coalmining, and engineering industries, 1910-1922.

How workers learn how to do their jobs is central to an understanding of the changing nature of work in post-industrial society The roles of job or worker training has, however, been underdeveloped in sociological theories of work and the labor…

A Question of Balance is a lucid and readable rendering of a complex and vexed issue, namely industrial relations. Bringing together articles written over a period of eight years, it offers an objective and unbiased commentary, unencumbered by the…

Essays regarding Jewish France. BNF (National Library of France), who provide access to the text to the public, disclaim that readers be aware that this work reflects a particular era and current of thought, and therefore contains many violent,…

This pioneering overview of Irish labour history serves both as an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. Its basic concern is to outline the course of labour history, to illustrate the different phases of its…

A Labour History of Waterford describes the factors surrounding the development of local labour organization from medieval guilds to illegal combinations, journeymen’s associations, craft-societies, and modern trade unions. It also emphasizes that…

Should money be automatically levied for the labour party from a union member unless he formally contracts out of it?

Should our exports be jeopardized because a couple of trade unions are pursuing a vendetta over demarcation or poaching? …

Labour, life and poverty by F. Zweig ; with a preface by Lord Beveridge ; foreword by B. Seebohm Rowntree.

Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change, and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered that the trade union structure was a central problem of the…

What are the effects of Britain’s trade unions upon pay, productivity and jobs?

How has management attempted to increase flexibility at the workplace in the 1980s? Is this really a new phenomenon, and how should unions respond?

Is there a…

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,…