Trade Unionism in Recession (Social Change and Economic Life Initiative) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0198279205 ISBN 13: 9780198279204

Verlag: OUP Oxford, 1996

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During the 1980's, 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 a virtual marginalization in national political affairs. By 1990, a united, self-confident, social movement as well as a powerful industrial bargainer, often seemed more closely akin to a demoralized collection of special interest groupings.

This book addresses a number of fundamental questions raised by the record of these years. It examines the reasons for membership loss and the implications for trade union influence in the workplace. It looks at the steps the unions took in reaction to the membership problem and the difficulties they confronted doing so. It also looks at whether this period can be seen as making a fundamental break with the past, resulting in irretrievable loss by British trade unionism of its former important position in British society and the British workplace, or whether the past decade has been but a temporary recession and the future can still see revived movement.

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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 marginalisation in national political affairs. By 1990 a previously united, self-confident social movement, as well as a powerful industrial bargainer, often seemed more closely akin to a demoralised collection of special interest groupings. This book raises a number of fundamental questions raised by the record of these years. It examines the reasons for membership loss and the implications for trade union influence in the workplace. It looks at the steps the unions took in reaction to the membership problem and the difficulties they confronted in doing so. It also looks at whether this period can be seen as making a fundamental break with the past, resulting in an irretrievable loss by British trade unionism of its former important position in British society and the British workplace, or whether the past decade has been but a temporary recession and the future can still see a revived movement.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0198279205
• ISBN 13: 9780198279204
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
• Herausgeber: Gallie Duncan, Penn Roger, Rose Michael
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar