British Trade Unions since 1933

Name: British Trade Unions since 1933
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ISBN: 9780521572316

ISBN-10: 0521572312

ISBN-13: 9780521572316

Edition: 2002

Authors: Chris Wrigley, Maurice Kirby

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This textbook reviews major issues concerning the history of British trade unions in the last two-thirds of the twentieth century. Even with the decline in membership of the 1980s and 1990s, trade unions in Britain have remained the largest voluntary organisations in the country and the total membership has remained larger than in most other countries. The book discusses many major aspects of trade unionism and many controversies concerning it, including strikes (sometimes seen as a peculiarly British disease). Trade union presence in the labour market has been deemed a cause of higher unemployment and lower productivity. The trade unions have been accused of being insensitive on gender and…

Book details

List price: $69.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/12/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 114
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Introduction



Economic recovery and war, 1933ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1945



Trade union development, 1945ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½2000



Strikes, 1945ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½2000



Incomes policies, 1948ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1979



Trade union legislation, 1945ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½2000



What trade unions have done