Union Retreat and the Regions: The Shrinking Landscape of Organised Labour

by Peter Sunley, Ron Martin, Jane Wills

Book Overview

Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling membership and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organised labour, paying particular attention to:
The resilience of the unions' historical heartland areas. The impact of economic restructuring on local union traditions. The shrinking landscape of industrial militancy. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0117023760
• ISBN13: 9780117023765
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"