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 Marjorie Nicholson
October 21, 2024
The TUC Overseas (1986) traces the decisions made by the Trades Union Congress in response to domestic and external influences and events, from its establishment of a joint international committee with the Labour Party in 1917 to the first congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1945. ...
By R. Keith Kelsall
October 21, 2024
Wage Regulation under the Statute of Artificers (1938) is a study of the enforcement of the 1562 Statute of Artificers during the period of its operation, with particular reference to wage assessment and the contract of employment. Extensive use is made of manuscript sources in different parts of ...
By Michael P. Kelly
October 21, 2024
White-Collar Proletariat (1980) explores the major changes in the industrial and political behaviour of British civil servants in the 1970s. It looks at their turn to militancy and asks whether it can be explained by reference to the sociological concept of proletarianization, a concept defined ...