Union security in Britain

Addison, John T.; Siebert, W. Stanley

doi:10.1007/s12122-998-1043-x

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“…As a consequence of changed industrial relations and employer strategies, in some countries in combination with anti-union legislation, union movements world-wide face increasing challenges as regards decline in density and power (Addison, 1998;Reynolds, 1998). In addition, unions have to be committed to ever increasing demands on organisational effectiveness.…”

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How Do Shop Stewards Perceive Their Situation and Tasks? Preconditions for Support of Union Work

Pilemalm¹,

Hallberg²,

Timpka

2001

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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How Do Shop Stewards Perceive Their Situation and Tasks? Preconditions for Support of Union Work

Pilemalm¹,

Hallberg²,

Timpka

2001

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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“…The purpose of the present paper is to return to this task after more time has elapsed, and more legislation has been passed. There is now an abundance of research evidence dealing with different aspects of these changes, including attempts to address the same topic, either in part, by Elgar and Simpson (1993) and by Addison and Siebert (1997), or as a whole, by Dunn and Metcalf (1996). As well as this research, we draw on recent interviews of our own with employers over a wide range of industry.…”

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The Effects of British Industrial Relations Legislation 1979-97

Brown¹,

Deakin²,

Ryan³

1997

Natl. Inst. econ. rev.

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The recent change of government brings to an end a sustained attempt to transform British industrial relations by legislative action. This article explores the consequences. It explains the cumulative effect of the legal changes since 1979, including the growing influence of the European Community, and examines the economic and social results. While legal intervention has had an impact on the institutions of industrial relations, most notably in reducing the power of organised labour, this cannot be isolated from wider structural changes in labour and product markets. A review of research on economic outcomes suggests an uneven and tenuous link between institutional change and economic performance. Walsh, 1994). As with the substantial decentralisation of the public sector after 1980, this fragmentation greatly reduced the industrial basis of trade union power, tying the interests of union organisations increasingly to those of individual employers. These changed economic and institutional circumstances had consequences for trade unions which were in many ways similar to those intended by the legislation, creating a further difficulty for its evaluation.The experience of other industrialised countries, in most of which there were comparable changes in economic conditions, is of relevance and will be drawn upon later. Most of these countries adapted to a changing economic environment without undertaking similar adjustments to their systems of industrial relations to Britain

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Mandatory agency shop laws as an explanation of Canada-U.S. union density divergence

Taras

Ponak

2001

J Labor Res

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Union security in Britain

Cited by 4 publications

References 36 publications

How Do Shop Stewards Perceive Their Situation and Tasks? Preconditions for Support of Union Work

How Do Shop Stewards Perceive Their Situation and Tasks? Preconditions for Support of Union Work

The Effects of British Industrial Relations Legislation 1979-97

Mandatory agency shop laws as an explanation of Canada-U.S. union density divergence

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