
Trade Union Growth, Structure and Policy
A Comparative Study of the Cotton Unions
- 413 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About this book
First published in 1962, Trade Union Growth, Structure and Policy starts with the long history of the textile unions and their remarkable structures and techniques. By comparing these unions to each other and to other key unions, Professor Turner explores those major problems in the development and contemporary position of trade unionism which are of public interest. He reappraises the general theory of the labour movement's evolution and is able to show that, what are essentially modern unions have existed longer than has been realized and also that 'unofficial' movements often repeat the pattern of very early unionism. A detailed comparison and contrast of modern unions reveals that they fall into a greater number of different types and are subject to a greater diversity of influences than is generally supposed both in formal government and in effective democracy. The author assesses the factors which have in the past have brought about a major change in trade unions and the likelihood of major changes in the future. This book is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of labour movement, labour economics and political economy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- Contents
- I. INTRODUCTORY
- 2. THE COTTON TRADES AND TEXTILE UNIONS
- II. TRADE UNION ORIGINS
- 2. THE CHARACTER OF EARLY UNIONISM
- III. GROWTH OF THE MODERN UNIONS
- 2. 'CLOSED' VERSUS 'OPEN' UNIONISM
- IV. SOME COMPARISONS
- 2. THE EVOLUTION OF TRADE UNION FORMS
- V. UNION STRUCTURE AND UNION GOVERNMENT
- 2. TRADE UNION DEMOCRACY
- VI. TRADE UNION POLICY
- 2. CHANGE IN TRADE UNIONS
- VII. APPENDIX
- 2. A Chronology of the Cotton Unions
- INDEX