Title: Union business : trade union organisation and financial reform in the Thatcher years /
Authors: Willman, Paul.; Morris, Timothy, 1953-; Aston, Beverly.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Labor unions Great Britain; Labor unions Great Britain Finance.
Contents: 1. Introduction: unions in the 1980s -- 2. The financial status of British trade unions 1950-1989 -- 3. Financial differences between unions -- 4. The role of financial matters in union organisation -- 5. The politics of union finances -- 6. Union size, growth, and financial performance -- 7. Strike activity and union finances -- 8. The National Union of Mineworkers: strikes and financial disaster -- 9. The GMB: merger and financial reform -- 10. The Amalgamated Engineering Union: back from the brink -- 11. The Banking, Insurance and Finance Union: competitive unionism and financial survival -- 12. The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Trade Union: accountability and financial control -- 13. Conclusions: union business and business unionism -- Appendix 1: Research methods -- Appendix 2: Regression results -- Appendix 3: Questions for finance officers -- Appendix 4: Questions for General Secretaries -- Appendix 5: Questionnaire: trade union finances -- Appendix 6: The number of trade unions.