Masters, Unions and Men: Work Control in Building and the Rise of Labour 1830 1914

by Richard Price

Book Overview

The incidence of industrial conflict and the nature of workplace industrial relations have occupied a central place in public and academic commentary on British society. Debate about the role of the trade unions in the state, the degree of authority that the unions can and should exercise over their members, the desirability of a legal framework for collective agreements, the nature of rank and file militancy and the means and techniques of re-establishing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521078717
• ISBN13: 9780521078719
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"