The Politics of Bargaining: Merger Process and British Trade Union Structural Development, 1892-1987 - Softcover

Waddington, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113897899X ISBN 13: 9781138978997

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Tracing developments in British trade union structure over almost 100 years with specific reference to the merger process, this book shows how the underlying processes of change are cyclical. It therefore provides a backdrop for understanding some of the options for structural change that may be adopted by trade unions in the future. Establishing a framework within which the historical development of the merger process may be understood, the book identifies three central sets of relationships: the bargaining position of unions relative to employers and the state; the bargaining position of a union relative to competitor unions; and factional bargaining within unions. Collectively, the three relationships are referred to as the politics of bargaining and are used to explain changes in the rate and character of trade union structural development.

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Jeremy Waddington

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113897899X
• ISBN 13: 9781138978997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272