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Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining and Reduced Working Time A Critical Assessment
1986 Employee Relations: An International Journal
doi: 10.1108/eb055063
Rising unemployment in the 1970s and particularly over the last six years 197985 has focused trade union strategies on the question of job creation. The initial response was largely a restatement of Keynesian macroeconomic policies plus a series of shortterm special measures. The deepening of the recession in the early 80s caused a minor rethink and an examination of notions of work redistribution. The immediate solution was seen as the shorter working week and, despite a growing awareness of other options, this remans the cornerstone of TUC thinking and that of its major affiliates.