Trade unions

First published in 1975, Workers' Participation in Industry provides a fresh perspective on a highly significant issue.

This book, first published in 1973, sets out the reason why workers' control is the necessary alternative to the present system.

This book, first published in 1973, sets out the reason why workers' control is the necessary alternative to the present system.

First published in 1989.

First published in 1989.

When this book was first published in 1967, it was one of the first pieces of research to systematically examine the manpower problems associated with rapidly changing technology.

When this book was first published in 1967, it was one of the first pieces of research to systematically examine the manpower problems associated with rapidly changing technology.

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Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy.

Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy.

New technology arguably provided the greatest challenge to industrial relations since the formation of unions.

New technology arguably provided the greatest challenge to industrial relations since the formation of unions.

The Nordic countries have the world's best working life.

The Nordic countries have the world's best working life.

In recent years, there has been an acute crisis of worker representation in the finance sector in Britain.

In recent years, there has been an acute crisis of worker representation in the finance sector in Britain.

This volume contains empirical analyses of European psychologists and sociologists on the impact of job insecurity on trade union membership, activism and upon the attitudes of individual workers towards unions.

This volume contains empirical analyses of European psychologists and sociologists on the impact of job insecurity on trade union membership, activism and upon the attitudes of individual workers towards unions.

The curbing of trade union power is often seen as one of the major achievements of Margaret Thatcher's premiership.

This volume seeks to re-energise the paradigm of the New International Labour Studies by detailing how struggles over the construction, reproduction, utilisation and restructuring of labour forces are the contested social foundations upon which the global economy stands.

This volume seeks to re-energise the paradigm of the New International Labour Studies by detailing how struggles over the construction, reproduction, utilisation and restructuring of labour forces are the contested social foundations upon which the global economy stands.

This study focuses on working-class women, catering and cleaning workers, and the way their interests were presented in trade unions.

This study focuses on working-class women, catering and cleaning workers, and the way their interests were presented in trade unions.

The implications of globalization for labour are more often asserted than analyzed.

The implications of globalization for labour are more often asserted than analyzed.

This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change on fashion.

This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change on fashion.

The Necessity of Organization describes Mary Kenney O'Sullivan's struggle to improve labor conditions through trade unionism.

The Necessity of Organization describes Mary Kenney O'Sullivan's struggle to improve labor conditions through trade unionism.

This book examines the problematic relationship between unions and the unemployed in New York City during the 1990's.

This book examines the problematic relationship between unions and the unemployed in New York City during the 1990's.

During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of 'internationalizing.

During the 1980s many Japanese began to feel the pressures of 'internationalizing.

Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in which homeworkers organize.

Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in which homeworkers organize.

First published in 1991, this book investigates not only the processes of industrial relations themselves but also the climate in which they work.

First published in 1991, this book investigates not only the processes of industrial relations themselves but also the climate in which they work.

The demise of communism in 1989 in eastern Europe, followed by the break-up of the Soviet Union and the spectacular rise of China and India in the 1990s, brought about a new world order.

The demise of communism in 1989 in eastern Europe, followed by the break-up of the Soviet Union and the spectacular rise of China and India in the 1990s, brought about a new world order.

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status.

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status.

In his recent work, Guy Standing has identified a new class which has emerged from neo-liberal restructuring with, he argues, the revolutionary potential to change the world: the precariat.

In his recent work, Guy Standing has identified a new class which has emerged from neo-liberal restructuring with, he argues, the revolutionary potential to change the world: the precariat.

This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization - acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008-09 - on the labour force, especially in the developing countries.

This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization - acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008-09 - on the labour force, especially in the developing countries.

This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades.

This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades.

This book, originally published in 1981, provides the student and general reader alike with a fascinating account of the dynamic re-emergence of Germany after the Second World War as one of the world's leading and most powerful states.

This book, originally published in 1981, provides the student and general reader alike with a fascinating account of the dynamic re-emergence of Germany after the Second World War as one of the world's leading and most powerful states.