Restructuring British public sector industrial relations: State policies and trade union responses

Abstract

This article examines how Conservative governments restructured public sector in day trial relations in Britain between 1979 and 1997, and identifies the main components of trade union strategic response to change. It argues that Conservative policy is important for its impact upon trade union strategy and practice, and that public sector unions constitute the leading edge of trade union strategic modernization in Britain.

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date

7-1-1998

Publication Title

Policy Studies Journal

Department

Politics

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1998.tb01900.x

Language

English

Format

text

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