Trade Union Officers: A Study of the Full-Time Officers, Branch Secretaries, and Shop Stewards in British Trade Unions

by H.A. Clegg and Rex Adams

Book Overview

The problems of trade union officers have attracted considerable attention in recent years. It is often suggested that changes in our educational system have cut off the supply of able candidates for full-time posts, whilst attractive offers from nationalized and private industries have drained away existing talent. Trade Union officers are said to be badly paid and over-worked. Meanwhile much of the power of the unions is alleged to have passed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674899709
• ISBN13: 9780674899704
• Release Date: January 1961
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.7"