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Foundation Studies 1994-1995

An outline of the foundations studies course at the National College of Industrial Relations in 1994-1995.

Labor Revitalization: Global Perspectives and New Initiatives

Labor revitalization is among the first works to examine variations among the nations in the wide array of initiatives labor unions and labor movements are taking to strengthen themselves and recruit new members. Moving beyond previous research on…

The Sociology of Job Training

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…

The Crisis of Labour: Industrial Relations & The State in Contemporary Britain

This book is both a survey and an argument. It is a survey of the Interplay of industrial relations and politics in Britain since 1951; but it is also an argument about the crisis of labour which has lain at the heart of that interplay throughout.…

The New Politics of British Trade Unionism: Union Power and the Thatcher Legacy

The curbing of trade union power has been widely regarded as the major achievement of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership, yet students of industrial relations have generally argued that little has changed on the shop floor.

David Marsh’s new…

Unfair Dismissals, Employment Equality, Payment of Wages

A discussion document on the Unfair Dismissals act. 1977, Employment Equality, and payment of Wages act. 1979. Includes a forward from the then Minister of Labour.

The 24th Countess Markievicz Memorial Lecture: Involvement, Participation and Partnership: A Review of the Debate and Some Reflections on the Irish Context

Involvement, Participation and Partnership: A Review of the Debate and Some Reflections on the Irish Context, was delivered by Prof. Paddy Gunnigle of the University of Limerick on November 22, 1999. It focused on employee participation and…

Learning Development 2011-2012 Guidebook

A learning support manual in year 2011-2012. Compiled by the National College of Ireland, the manual aims at facilitating students on self-reflection and increase academic success.

Trade Unionism in Recession 

During the 1980s, British trade unionism confronted its greatest challenge, and suffered its greatest reverses, since the inter-war period. After a decade of rapid growth, the unions experienced a steep decline in membership, and virtual…

A Question of Balance: Labour, Management and Society

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…

Unions, Management, and The Public

A post-war US collection of essays and discussions organized around topics related to labour and management relations. The material is from both classic and contemporary US and European sources.

La France Juive: Essai d'Histoire Contemporaine

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,…

Employee Relations in the Periphery of Europe: The Unfolding Story of the European Social Model

The European Union Attempts to influence employee practices in member and associate member states. It does this through a host of measures of varying legal effect: Directives, recommendations, bench Marking and monitoring procedures. However, the EU…

A Labour History of Ireland, 1824-1960

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

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…