Concise Encyclopedia of Industrial Relations

Concise Encyclopedia of Industrial Relations

This book provides an extensive and detailed map of the trade union movement in the UK today. It is source of information ranging from the overall shape and direction of the British trade union movement to the telephone numbers of the regional officials of a particular union. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which compromises a descriptive analysis of the trade union movement as a whole and the TUCs, including discussion of changing trends and topical issues.

The second part, on international TU organizations, TU confederations and federations and trades council, includes the description of background and aims where applicable and names and addresses of the chief officials in these organizations.

Part 3, the heart of the book, is a directory of individual trade unions. Here are the details of the names and addresses for contacting the union, its membership numbers and its branch structure, as well as a description of the composition of the union and its policy. These entries follow a uniform pattern, so that it is easy to locate individual types of information.

The bibliography in Part 4 lists official trade union histories for those who need to find more detailed information on a particular union.

Arthur Marsh

Gower Publishing Company Limited

1979

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