Working for the Union
British Trade Union Officers
Published on 2. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-521-11540-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a study of the relationship between full-time union officials and shop stewards across the whole of British industry (public and private, manufacturing and services) in 1986-91. It is the first major study of union officials for 20 years, and one of the most detailed studies of workplace collective bargaining and union organisation following the recession of the early 1980s. In the wake of recession, union decline, industrial restructuring, anti-union legislation, and changes in union policies (towards a new realism), Britain is said by some commentators to be entering a new era of industrial relations. This book provides a unique body of evidence that throws new light on this claim, and casts serious doubt on its validity. It combines survey, interview, questionnaire and observation data and thus overcomes the well known limitations of both large-scale surveys and individual case studies.
Reviews / Votes
"John Kelley and Edmund Heery's excellent study of full-time trade union officers, Working for the Union, goes a long way....It has a clear theoretical project, it is methodologically sophisticated, and it fills a major gap in our understanding of British trade unions. It is certainly the most important book on British trade union organization....[it] provides an unparalleled picture of the work of trade union officers. But the implications of this fine study go well beyond improving our understanding of that crucial stratum of union organization, to shed light on some of the central issues in contemporary British industrial relations." Industrial and Labor Relations Review "This book is destined to become a classic of the industrial relations literature...this book belongs on the shelf of every serious industrial relations scholar." Industrial RelationsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
46 Tables, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-11540-7 (9780521115407)
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06/1994
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
John Kelly is a thirty-year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, one of the largest sheriff's offices in the country, and worked in and supervised many diferent units. He has been involved in hundreds of critical incidents during his career and received countless awards and honors, mostly for placing himself in harm's way so others may live. John has a BA from Norwich University, an MBA from Phoenix University, and is currently pursuing his life-coaching accreditation from the International Coach Federation. In December of 2020, John retired and recently launched "Sometimes Heroes Need Help," a leadership wellness program. John lives on an island just south of Saint Augustine with his wife, Nicol, of twenty-seven years, his daughter, Briana, and Mr. Wallace, his bull mastiff.
Content
Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: trade unions and industrial relations; 2. Theoretical analyses and empirical studies of trade union officers; Part II. The Parameters of Union Work: 3. Full-time officer organisation; 4. Employment relations; 5. Work relations; Part III. The Full-Time Officer at Work: 6. Organising; 7. Bargaining objectives; 8. The bargaining process; 9. Dealing with managers; Part IV. Conclusions: 10. Working for the union.