Routledge Library Editions: Trade Unions
Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Waller, Martin Myant
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s. Far ...
The Government of British Trade Unions: A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers Union
1st Edition
By Joseph Goldstein
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain’s most important labour organizations – The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century. It is an appraisal of the role of the rank ...
Trade Unions
1st Edition
By Kevin Hawkins
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions was written at a time when there was a widespread belief that Britain’s trade unions were undemocratic, obstructive and strike-prone. This book argues that throughout their history, British trade unions have played a reactive role, and that their ...
Trade Unions
1st Edition
By Allan Flanders
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1952, Trade Unions quickly became a classic and went through 7 editions. It is a brief yet comprehensive guide to the complex structure and administration of British Trade Unions, which deals concisely and lucidly with every important aspect of the complicated tangle of ...
Trade Unions and Politics in the 1980s: The 1984 Act and Political Funds
1st Edition
By Derek Fatchett
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1987, this book traces the historical and sociological dimensions of the Trade Union movement and analyses the nature of the trade unions’ involvement in the UK Labour Party during the 1970s and 80s. It discusses the review campaigns, and their implications, both for trade ...
Trade Unions and the Law
1st Edition
By Horatio Vester, Anthony H. Gardner
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for...
Trade Unions and the State
1st Edition
By W. Milne-Bailey
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1934, Trade Unions and the State is a study of political institutions. This is a lucid account of the diverse views that have been held about the nature, attributes, functions and prerogatives of the State. The book analyses the changing status and treatment of Trade Unions ...
Trade Unions in the Developed Economies
1st Edition
By E. Owen Smith
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade unions in 7 developed economies. The early growth of trade unions has been summarised so that a post-Second World War analysis could be undertaken. The ...
White Collar Workers: Trade Unions and Class
1st Edition
By Peter Armstrong, Bob Carter, Chris Smith, Theo Nichols
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the ‘the new working class’ or ‘new middle class’. This book is an authoritative study of the ‘white collar workers’ relationship with their unions and analysis of their newly designated class. The authors drew extensively on ...
White-Collar Unionism: The Rebellious Salariat
1st Edition
By Clive Jenkins, Barrie Sherman
December 01, 2024
Originally published in 1979 at a time when white-collar union membership had increased both in the public and private sectors of the economy, this book explains who the members were, why there was such astonishing membership growth and the circumstances which surrounded it. The history of this ...
Routledge Library Editions: Trade Unions
1st Edition
By Various Authors
December 30, 2022
This set of 23 volumes, originally published between 1934 and 1994 sheds much light on the history of industrial relations and working-class organisation in the UK. They analyse trade union structure, organization and government and look at the pattern of union activity in the workplace. Containing...
Trade Unions and the Law
1st Edition
By R. W. Rideout
December 30, 2022
Originally published in 1973, this book was designed as a concise and usable guide to those aspects of the law which particularly affect trade union members and officials. It deals with the internal and external affairs of trade unions and the law relating to collective bargaining. It also covers ...