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Trade unions in the UK: trends and counter‐trends since 1979
David Farnham, Lesley GilesAnalyses union membership trends in the UK since 1979. Confirms theconventional wisdom that overall there has been a substantial membershipleakage from UK trade unions for almost…
Opportunity 2000 in the National Health Service
Susan CorbyThe NHS in 1991 launched an equality programme for women, settingeight goals to be achieved by 1994. Shows that at least some of thegoals are not being met and suggests reasons…
The provision of occupational pensions in the 1990s: An exploration of employer objectives
Stephen Taylor, Jill EarnshawAssesses the occupational pension scheme, as it has evolved in theUK, from the perspective of the providing employer. Analyses a varietyof objectives that employers may have when…
Return to sender: A commentary on Darlington′s analysis of workplace unionism in the Royal Mail in Britain
Gregor GallPresents reported evidence which suggests that the overallresilience of workplace unionism to managerial challenges found inLiverpool can be found in many other Royal Mail…
Industrial relations in the UK prison service: The “Jurassic Park” of public sector industrial relations
John BlackIndustrial relations problems in the UK Prison Service are part ofthe wider crisis within the penal system over the past 30 years, fromthe era of the Mountbatten Report of 1966 to…
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- Prof Dennis Nickson