The Closed Shop in Britain 

The Closed Shop in Britain 

In the first intensive study which has ever been made of this controversial subject, Dr. McCarthy shows that the closed shop or Trade union Membership as a condition of employment- is a natural and often essential objective of British trade union. He proves that demand for the practice is increasing, and that it already covers a majority of organized manual workers. Many employers welcome the closed shop, and the majority are prepared to come to terms with it. The Author Argues that the spread of the practice can be best understood by an analysis of its positive functions. He examines the case for and against it and concludes that, while it can be said to involve a restriction of civil liberties, closed shops are, generally, a valuable and justifiable phenomenon. The book ends with a number of suggestions for correcting potential abuses, some of which requires legal regulation.

W.E.J. Mc Carthy

Basil Blackwell, Oxford

1964

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