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Trade union responses to a changing environment

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  • Mike Rigby

    (South Bank University Business School)

  • Roger Smith

    (South Bank University Business School)

  • Teresa Lawlor

    (Kingston University)

Abstract

The article reports a study of trade union strategies in four sectors (Electronics, Food Manufacturing, Banking, and Central Administration) in five countries (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom). The data suggests a higher degree of convergence across sectors and countries than expected from a discussion of the literature. However, there are variations which are explained by reference to both sectoral and cultural variables. The union strategies identified are consistent with models identified in the literature in emphasising a more collaborative approach to employer relations, and a balance between industrial and political activities, but in other respects there are important differences.

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  • Mike Rigby & Roger Smith & Teresa Lawlor, 1998. "Trade union responses to a changing environment," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 4(1), pages 115-129, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:4:y:1998:i:1:p:115-129
    DOI: 10.1177/102425899800400111
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    1. Paul Boreham & Richard Hall, 1994. "Trade Union Strategy in Contemporary Capitalism: The Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Implications of Political Unionism," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 15(3), pages 313-353, August.
    2. Stephen Deery, 1995. "The Demise of the Trade Union as a Representative Body?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 33(4), pages 537-543, December.
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