David Marsh

The New Politics of British Trade Unionism (eBook, PDF)

Union Power and the Thatcher Legacy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The curbing of trade union power is often seen as one of the major achievements of Margaret Thatcher's premiership. David Marsh's book provides a broad-ranging introduction to British trade unionism in the 1990s and an assessment of the last decade's major changes in legislation, policing and attitudes. He concludes that while the political role of unions has been reduced, much less has changed at shopfloor level; moveover what has changed has owed more to economic recession than government action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349219216
• Artikelnr.: 54789951

Autorenporträt

David Marsh is Director of Research at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Historical Background
Union Power Before 1979
The Origins, Development and Effect of the Conservative
Government, 1979-90 Using the Legislation: An Employer's Onslaught?
The Unions' Political Role: Relations with the Conservative Government,
1979-90
Trade Unions and the Labour Party
The Changing Economic Context Shopfloor
Industrial Relations: The Private Sector Shopfloor
Industrial Relations: The Public Sector
Thatcherism and Industrial Relations.