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Trade Unions of the World is the essential guide to trade unions and trade unionism in more than 200 countries and territories around the world, examining the social, political and economic contexts they inhabit. Each country profile includes an overview of the political and economic history of the country or territory and an outline of the development of trade unionism locally and the situation for trade unions and trade union rights today. The profiles include details not only of national centres but also of all larger affiliated unions, giving a comprehensive global picture of trade unionism around the world today. A wide range of data is provided on the history, structure, membership and political and industrial role of the unions. A final section profiles the key actors at global and regional levels. The country profiles cover: • Political and economic background • Population, GDP, HDI and GINI Indexes • Overview of trade union history and development within the country • Details for national trade union centres and further detail on the history and character of key affiliates and non-affiliated unions • International affiliations
Looking both at individual workers and the organizations that represent them, Reid shows how unions have, throughout the modern era, been a crucial element in British life, and that all governments have had to develop policies to deal with them.
This is the final volume in the Historical Directory of Trade Unions series. It provides a comprehensive list of all British unions that operated within the building, construction, chemical, dock, maritime, engineering, government, mining, quarry, and shipbuilding industries.
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First published in 1905, this book offers a perspective on the aims and objectives of British trade unions. It details the history, constitution and aims of the trade union, challenging the misconception that a trade union exists solely to foster strikes, harass employers and hamper industry, and discussing the many positives of such organisations. Designed to be accessible for the general public, this book covers history, organisation, function, action and influence.
Organizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour’s collective action: on the one hand, workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests and, on the other hand, social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour’s interests from the top down. The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries – Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership.
Monograph (thesis) commenting on the impact of 1913 labour legislation regulating trade union financing of political participation and relations with the Labour political party in the UK - discusses the development of the Labour Party, objectives and current functioning of the Act, nature of the activity it regulates, union membership rights to opt out of the political fund, enforcement practice and procedure (incl. Dispute settlement) etc., provides comparisons with other developed countries, and includes issues for reform and the text of the Act. References.
We all want to get the best out of any relationship we have be it at work or at home. Just trying hard does not guarantee results. To be successful we need to clear approach and plan. This book uses a unique relationship MAP that helps you identify the current state of your relationship and then offers help to move through the three key stages. The book can be used as a complete set of chapters that offer an overall view of employee relations or you can select individual chapters to enhance skills that currently need development. It will take you through the history of trade unions as well as the law around their role. There are chapters on the MAP and how to utilise it as well as the negotiation and consultation process. You will see how to build effective relations that will be useful in discipline and grievance handling.
The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how an entirely new industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, Howell offers a revisionist history of British trade unionism in the twentieth century. Most scholars regard Britain's industrial relations institutions as the product of a largely laissez faire system of labor relations, punctuated by occasional government interference. Howell, on the other hand, argues that the British state was the prime architect ...
This new edition takes account of changes since the first edition. There are three new chapters looking at the growing importance of Europe and the Community to British trade Unionism, at the political role of unions during the Thatcher years, and at aspects of Labour Party-union relationship.