摘要:

In this article the authors develop a theoretical framework for the analysis of issues raised by the new technology and report on research undertaken for the NUM into automation in coal mining. Alternative strategies are introduced which may be considered by the NUM to cope with new technology in the pits.

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00872.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

In the context of the current debate over the Government's proposals to regulate by statute the internal democratic arrangements of trade unions, this article examines the origins of the debate, the case for legislative intervention, the actual proposals and their wider implications.

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00873.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Against the background of the rise (and fall) of Solidarity in Poland this article examines the nature of communist trade unions, focusing on their development in China and emphasising the need to use a different approach from that appropriate to capitalist societies.

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00874.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Here the author analyses the ways in which involvement in industrial action by two large white‐collar unions in the public sector affected the organisational structure of those unions. The main focus of analysis is on the nature of the relationships between branch officials, branch members and national leader

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00875.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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The fire service would seem to an outsider an excellent area for industrial unionism; several unions exist but only the major union, the FBU, is a TUC affiliate. This article analyses the problems that have led to conflict between the representative organisations within the uniformed ranks of fire service employees.

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00876.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Flexible hours systems are traditionally regarded as shifting control towards employees although British Rail's ‘flexible rostering’ is correctly seen as increasing management control of the pattern of hours worked. This article discusses such systems in their industrial relations context and considers the potential for a ‘split control’ a

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00877.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Over the last decade governments have increasingly used codes of practice as an alternative or complement to statutory regulation. This article uses as a case study one particular code, that on disclosure of information, to examine the relationships between codes’ legal obligations and industrial relations practic

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00878.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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This is the second of two articles which bring together two aspects of industrial relations: the practice of arbitration and the disclosure of financial information at general pay claim references. This article reports and discusses the findings of a mailed questionnaire survey of ACAS arbitrators and offers some general conclusions.

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00879.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed in this article:STATES OF EMERGENCY: BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AND STRIKEBREAKING SINCE 1919Keith Jeffery and Peter HennessyTHE SHOPFLOOR POLITICS OF NEW TECHNOLOGYBarry WilkinsonMANAGERIAL PREROGATIVE AND THE QUESTION OF CONTROLJ. StoreyENGINEERS AT WORK 1939–1945Richard Crouch

ISSN:0019-8692    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2338.1983.tb00880.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY