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Union Business: Trade Union Organisation and Financial Reform in the Thatcher Years (Cambridge Studies in Management) by: Paul Willman, Tim Morris, Beverly Aston List Price: £65.00 City Travel Guides Price: £61.75 You Save: £3.25 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 331.87094109048 EAN: 9780521417259 ISBN: 0521417252 Label: Cambridge University Press Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: February 26, 1993 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Studio: Cambridge University Press Sales Rank: 1448196 Browse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Review: ' ... fascinating analysis of trade union finances during the Thatcher years ... The book provides a wealth of topical data on union finances with chapters on more interesting cases such as the Mineworkers, the Engineers and the Electricians. But its more general interest lies in its focus on an important and neglected issue: the reliance of trade unions for their very survival on the goodwill of employers.' Robert Taylor, Independent Review: ‘ … fascinating analysis of trade union finances during the Thatcher years … The book provides a wealth of topical data on union finances with chapters on more interesting cases such as the Mineworkers, the Engineers and the Electricians. But its more general interest lies in its focus on an important and neglected issue: the reliance of trade unions for their very survival on the goodwill of employers.’ Robert Taylor, Independent Product Description: It is fashionable to speak of trades unions in the UK as organisations in decline. However, it is their organisation and, in particular, their financial status, which ultimately dictates unions’ ability to survive, recruit, and influence employers. This book provides the first systematic picture of union financial status for thirty years, and reveals a dramatic picture. Though, overall, unions have become financially less healthy in the post-war period, many unions experienced an improved financial position during the membership contraction of the Thatcher years. It also shows that the long term financial decline of unions has been more affected by competition between unions for membership than by the effects of traumatic industrial disputes. Book Description: Focusing on unions’ financial status, the authors show that, though most unions are financially flimsy and dependent on the employers they bargain with, successful unions have efficient collection mechanisms, effective budgeting systems, a stable membership, avoid costly strikes, and competition with other unions for members. Synopsis: It is fashionable to speak of trades unions in the UK as organisations in decline. However, it is their organisation and, in particular, their financial status, which ultimately dictates unions' ability to survive, recruit, and influence employers. This book provides the first systematic picture of union financial status for thirty years, and reveals a dramatic picture. Though, overall, unions have become financially less healthy in the post-war period, many unions experienced an improved financial position during the membership contraction of the Thatcher years. It also shows that the long term financial decline of unions has been more affected by competition between unions for membership than by the effects of traumatic industrial disputes. |
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