Download or read book The Democratic Aspects of Trade Union Recognition written by Alan Bogg and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long ascendancy of pluralism and 'collective laissez-faire' as a guiding ideology of British labour law was emphatically shattered by the New Right ideology of Thatcher and Major. When New Labour was finally returned to power in 1997, it did not, however, attempt to resurrect the pre-Thatcher preference for pluralist non-intervention in collective industrial relations. Instead, it purported to follow a 'Third Way'. A centrepiece of this new approach was the statutory recognition provision, introduced in Schedule A1 TULRCA 1992. By breaking with the tradition of voluntarism in respect of re.
Download or read book An Experiment in Trade Union Democracy written by Lon W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unions on the Board written by Eric Batstone and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the experiment in industrial democracy on the Board of the Post Office from 1978-79.
Download or read book Comparative Union Democracy written by J. David Edelstein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major empirical study of thirty-one British and fifty-one American national trade unions, this volume provides the background to a new, organizationally oriented theory of union democracy. Supported by in-depth studies of the political process in the British Mineworkers' Union and the Engineers' Union, the book develops and illustrates a general theory of how, in a country with democratic norms, formal organization itself can constrain a tendency toward oligarchy by stimulating union competition among full-time officers attempting to rise in the union hierarchy.Comparative Union Democracy is easily the best work on the subject that has appeared in years. It should be required reading for all those interested in organizational government, participatory democracy, generally, as well as in the labor movement.
Download or read book Leadership Democracy Among the Trade Unions written by Puvvada Devaki Devi and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Labor and Democracy written by Angela B. Cornell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are currently witnessing some of the greatest challenges to democratic regimes since the 1930s, with democratic institutions losing ground in numerous countries throughout the world. At the same time organized labor has been under assault worldwide, with steep declines in union density rates. In this timely handbook, scholars in law, political science, history, and sociology explore the role of organized labor and the working class in the historical construction of democracy. They analyze recent patterns of democratic erosion, examining its relationship to the political weakening of organized labor and, in several cases, the political alliances forged by workers in contexts of nationalist or populist political mobilization. The volume breaks new ground in providing cross-regional perspectives on labor and democracy in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Beyond academia, this volume is essential reading for policymakers and practitioners concerned with the relationship between labor and democracy.
Download or read book The Works Council written by Claude William Guillebaud and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Unions and Democracy written by Mark Harcourt and published by Transaction Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. As civil society agents, unions may promote democracy within the wider society, especially in the case of authoritarian regimes or other rigid political systems, by acting as watchdogs and protecting hard-won democratic gains. Established democratic institutions in many advanced societies are facing new challenges. The problem with using trade unions for this purpose is that they remain locked in a cycle of political marginalization and decline. Beyond this, there are, ironically, serious questions about whether unions themselves internally function as democracies. Certainly there are tensions between rank and file membership and an authoritarian leadership, with this infighting having possible effects on strategic deals or alliances and member accountability and actions. On the other hand, trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialized countries, and in many case, they have a demonstrated capacity for working with other elements of civil society. Looking forward, trade unions may be able to play a vital role in channeling and focusing spontaneous popular upsurges. In the process, they may revitalize themselves through use of greater internal democracy and become geared toward more diverse constituencies. The question is, will they fulfill this promise or continue to suffer from internal breakups and external breakdowns? Can trade unions save themselves and democracy, or will both deteriorate in time? Trade Unions and Democracy brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society. It explores their capacity to affect political policies to ensure greater accountability and fairness. It also explores the nature of and extent to which internal representative democracy actually operates within trade unions themselves. Mark Harcourt is a professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Leadership at Waikato University in New Zealand.
Download or read book Trade Unions and Democracy written by Geoffrey Wood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction - trade unions and democracy: possibilities and contradictions -- 2 Trade unions and theories of democracy -- 3 Neo-liberal reforms and accords: are they compatible with democracy? -- 4 Trade unions and democracy: can the 'third way' recast the link? -- 5 Trade Unions and non-standard employment -- 6 New forms of work and the representational gap: a Durban case study -- 7 The changing impact and strength of the labour movement in advanced societies -- 8 The US and Canadian labour movements: markets vs. states and societies -- 9 The rise and fall of the organizing model in the US -- 10 Union growth and reversal in newly industrialized countries: the case of South Korea and peripheral workers -- 11 The rise of unions in semi-industrialized countries: the cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe -- 12 Social movement unionism -- 13 Trade unions and political parties -- 14 Trade union democracy: the dynamics of different forms -- 15 Trade unions, social partnerships and national business systems -- 16 Engagement or disengagement? Unions and a new politics -- 17 Conclusion: broadening democracy and the labour movement -- Index
Download or read book Industrial Democracy written by Paul Blumberg and published by Schocken Books Incorporated. This book was released on 1973 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theories of Trade Unionism written by Michael Poole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1981, Theories of Trade Unionism traces the development of trade union theory from its nineteenth-century foundations to the more advanced conceptual models present at the time of original publication. The book surveys the main tributaries of modern approaches – the moral and ethical, the revolutionary, the defensive or conservative, and the economic and political – and analyses the work of contemporary industrial relations scholars. This includes the main types and varieties of systems theory, the disparate pluralist approaches and the ‘radical school’. The book identifies links between the differing premises of the various schools of thought, and combines the main perspectives in a higher analytical and conceptual unity. It concludes with a discussion of a number of avenues for theoretical and conceptual progress. Theories of Trade Unionism is ideal for those with an interest in the history of trade union theory.
Download or read book Governing Trade Unions in Sweden written by Leif Lewin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of trade union decision making in Sweden - discusses the theoretical and historical background, trade union structure, geographic distribution, affiliation with political partys, internal conflicts between leadership and membership, attitudes on wage policies, governance types, authority and problems of democracy within the movement, successes and failures, etc.; attempts to develop an interactive democratic model of collective participation. Graphs, illustrations, map and references.
Download or read book Democracy in Trade Unions written by Great Britain. Dept. of Employment and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of European Social Democracy written by H. Meyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European social democracy is in crisis. In the last decade it has ceased to be about either society or democracy. The authors explore its values, how it can be revived and what kind of political economy it requires to thrive. This book includes a foreword by the two leaders of the 'Building the Good Society' project, Andrea Nahles and Jon Cruddas.
Download or read book American Trade Union Democracy written by William Morris Leiserson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Trade Union Democracy written by William M. Leiserson and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the internal government and normal operation of trade unions. Looks at the development of the trade unions and union governments in operation.
Download or read book Trade Unions and their Members written by Heeryd and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of trade union democracy has been the subject of considerable controversy in recent years. The government has pursued a policy designed in part to 'give unions back to their members' and the decline in the numbers of employees joining unions raises the question of whether trade unionism is losing its relevance. This book presents research papers which deal with these issues and reveals how the unions are adopting to legislative and other changes as they enter the 1990s.
