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The future of trade unionism-an Australian perspective

    Political Science, Sociology

  • 1992

During the last decade or so trade union membership in most OECD countries has declined. In focusing on Australia but considering other countries as well, this article develops a framework of…

BRITISH UNIONS: DISSOLUTION OR RESURGENCE?

Two-employees-in-five belong to a union in Great Britain. This is a higher density figure than those of our main EC partners, but it masks the longest sustained period of membership loss ever…

Trade (Labor) Unions

If monetary policy was designed to change the conditions of the British and American economies, and the purpose of taxation reform was to introduce incentives and empower enterprise, then the role of…

The Trade Union Crisis of 1976–1979

Drawing upon the social contract and the Winter of Discontent as case studies, this chapter demonstrates how the media reporting of events, along with narratives of over powerful trade unions from…

The Changing Structure of the UK Economy

The structural pattern of the economy is changing all the time. It has changed considerably in the past ten years (table 1), partly because of the emergence of oil production, but partly also because…

Trade Unions in Britain

    E. Gard

    History, Political Science

  • 1989

An introduction to the trade union movement in Britain, this book traces the history and development of unions, their political struggles and some of their more colourful personalities. This edition…

Mergers in British trade unions 1949–79

Robert Buchanan examines the numbers, membership and main characteristics of the unions involved in mergers between 1949 and 1979, considers the main reasons for this trend in mergers, and compares…