This set of 23 volumes originally published between 1934 and 1994 sheds much light on the history of industrial relations and working-class organisation in the UK. They analyse trade union structure organization and government and look at the pattern of union activity in the workplace. Containing fascinating insider accounts of developments in British industrial relations they analyse the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe and use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the government growth mergers character and bargaining structures of British unions. They provide an introduction to the characteristics and styles of trade unionism in Europe and offer a comprehensive guide to the complex structure and administration of British Trade Unions as well as analysing the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland the Czech Republic Slovakia Hungary and Bulgaria. |Routledge Library Editions: Trade Unions | Politics
