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The Contours of Local Trade Unionism in a Period of Restructuring

In: Trade Unions and their Members

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The terrain in which unions operate has changed in a number of decisive ways over the last decade.1 These changes have been noted by unions which have begun to reorganize and adapt to these new circumstances. This has been most evident in the national campaigns and public declarations by union leaders that change is on the agenda.2 While such developments are noteworthy, it is the argument of this chapter that any decisive reversal in the fortunes of trade unions will take place at a workplace level. After all, it is in the workplace that unions organize, sustain and renew themselves. Without vital and active organizations unions must necessarily remain rather hollow shells.

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  • Peter Fairbrother, 1990. "The Contours of Local Trade Unionism in a Period of Restructuring," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Patricia Fosh & Edmund Heery (ed.), Trade Unions and their Members, chapter 6, pages 147-176, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-11931-8_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11931-8_6
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    1. Peter Fairbrother, 1994. "Privatisation and Local Trade Unionism," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 8(3), pages 339-356, September.

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