Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations presents in 38 volumes a series of previously out-of-print books that examine industrial relations between employers and workers, governments and workforces. Titles look at the history and development of industrial relations, mainly in Britain but also internationally, often comparing experiences around the world. Many titles analyse the shifting landscapes of the 1980s, as new governments brought with them new attitudes towards trade unions, and the development of management techniques and new styles of business brought about a range of developments that still resonate today.
By P.B. Beaumont
October 21, 2024
Safety at Work and the Unions (1983) surveys the whole field of safety at work. It looks at the diverse body of literature on the subject, examines the organisational structures by which labour and management are attempting to cope with the problem, and compares the British with overseas experience...
By Henry Parris
October 21, 2024
Staff Relations in the Civil Service (1973) describes the origins of the Civil Service National Whitley Council, the growing pains it endured in its early years, its major achievements and the role it played in industrial relations between staff in the civil service and their employers, the British...
By Theo Nichols
October 21, 2024
The British Worker Question (1986) examines the productivity of British workers, drawing upon a wide range of management, trade union and other sources, and spanning the traditional preserves of several other areas and disciplines – economic history, industrial administration, industrial relations ...
By P.B. Beaumont
October 21, 2024
The Decline of Trade Union Organisation (1987) considers the reasons behind the decline in trade union membership and discusses the prospects for recovery. It shows that many factors were at work besides unemployment growth and overall it argues that the changing structure and nature of British ...
By Rodger Charles
October 21, 2024
The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain (1973) examines the evolution of the central institution of the British industrial relations system – collective bargaining. This book traces changes to collective bargaining, and therefore industrial relations, through the most significant joint ...
By W.R. Garside
October 21, 2024
The Durham Miners (1971) examines the Durham miners’ movement and of its organization – its economic, social, financial and political development. It looks at the miners’ demands for nationalization and for improved working and living conditions, and the outcomes of trade union negotiation and of ...
By Henry Friedman, Sander Meredeen
October 21, 2024
The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict (1980) focuses on the workings of industrial relations in the British motor industry, presenting the first joint retrospective analysis of industrial relations in a major multinational. The book includes a closely documented account of the Ford Sewing Machinists’...
By Barry T. Hirsch, John T. Addison
October 21, 2024
1. An Overview 2. Unionism: Individual and Collective Choice 3. Union Membership and Growth 4. Unions, Bargaining and Strikes 5. Union Effects on Relative Wages 6. Unions, Wage Dispersion and the Distribution of Income 7. Unions and Economic Performance: Productivity, Productivity Growth and ...
By L.F. Neal, Andrew Robertson
October 21, 2024
The Manager’s Guide to Industrial Relations (1968) traces the origins and evolution of the attitudes of managers and men from the beginning of industrialization to the Fawley Agreement. It summarises the development of personnel management and the contributions of the social scientists. It deals ...
By Keith Burgess
October 21, 2024
The Origins of British Industrial Relations (1975) traces the beginnings of industrial relations in nineteenth century Britain, looking at the interdependence of economic, political, legal and ideological factors that provide the framework. This important study, focusing on the key sectors of ...
By J.J. Richardson
October 21, 2024
The Policy-making Process (1969) studies the relationships between the Conservative Government of 1956 and the organised industrial groups that were considered its natural allies in the aftermath of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act of 1956. This Act reflected a long-standing belief in Britain ...
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By Bryn Roberts
October 21, 2024
The Price of TUC Leadership (1961) is a serious criticism of the TUC by the General Secretary of another large trade union. It contends, among other things, that the TUC bore responsibility for Labour’s defeat in the 1959 General Election, and for the decline in the influence and effectiveness of ...