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Union Derecognition in Britain in the 1980s

Union Derecognition in Britain in the 1980s This paper is based on a study of union derecognition carried out during the Summer of 1988. The approach was to use press and journal articles together with interviews with A.C.A.S., the Industrial Society, T.U.C., C.B.I., and national trade union officials to estimate the incidence of derecognition by identifying as many cases as possible. Further interviews were then conducted with management and unions in the organisation where derecognition had occurred. Fifty cases of derecognition and four unsuccessful attempts a t derecognition were identified, and interviews were conducted covering thirty-six cases. Since then five further cases of actual or planned derecognition and one possible case of partial derecognition have been identified; Today newspaper, SKY TV, book publishers Sweet and Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, MacDonald’s children’s books division, and Express Newspapers. The majority of cases -forty-nine out of fifty-six - have taken place during 1987-8. This raises the possibility that derecognition is an emerging phenomenon which will become more widespread in the future. Derecognition needs to be put in the broader context of the debate over the future of trade unionism and collective bargaining in Britain. This debate is essentially over whether fundamental change or underlying stability has been the main http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Industrial Relations Wiley

Union Derecognition in Britain in the 1980s

Claydon, Tim
British Journal of Industrial Relations , Volume 27 (2) – Jul 1, 1989
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"Copyright © 1989 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company"
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0007-1080
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1467-8543
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10.1111/j.1467-8543.1989.tb00218.x
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Abstract

This paper is based on a study of union derecognition carried out during the Summer of 1988. The approach was to use press and journal articles together with interviews with A.C.A.S., the Industrial Society, T.U.C., C.B.I., and national trade union officials to estimate the incidence of derecognition by identifying as many cases as possible. Further interviews were then conducted with management and unions in the organisation where derecognition had occurred. Fifty cases of derecognition and four unsuccessful attempts a t derecognition were identified, and interviews were conducted covering thirty-six cases. Since then five further cases of actual or planned derecognition and one possible case of partial derecognition have been identified; Today newspaper, SKY TV, book publishers Sweet and Maxwell, Thomas Nelson, MacDonald’s children’s books division, and Express Newspapers. The majority of cases -forty-nine out of fifty-six - have taken place during 1987-8. This raises the possibility that derecognition is an emerging phenomenon which will become more widespread in the future. Derecognition needs to be put in the broader context of the debate over the future of trade unionism and collective bargaining in Britain. This debate is essentially over whether fundamental change or underlying stability has been the main

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British Journal of Industrial Relations – Wiley

Published: Jul 1, 1989

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