Union retreat and the regions
Subtitle: the shrinking landscape of organized labour
By: Ron Martin, Peter Sunley and Jane Wills.
Contributors: Sunley, Peter.; Wills, Jane.; Regional Studies Association (London, England)
Series: Regional policy and development series ;; 8
Publisher: J. Kingsley Publishers; Regional Studies Association
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; Bristol, Pa; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Labor union members -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1979-1997 -- Regional disparities.
Description: Since the beginning of the 1980s, British trade unions have experienced a dramatic retreat, marked by rapidly falling memberships and declining industrial power. The authors examine the regional dimensions of this retreat of organized labour, paying particular attention to the resilience of the unions' historical heartland areas, the impact of economic restructuring on local union traditions, the shrinking landscape of industrial militancy, the geographical decentralization of the new industrial relations, and the link between these factors and the more general debate on regional development and regional labour markets. An important synthesis of economic geography and industrial relations work, this book marks a major contribution towards the newly emerging field of labour geography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and indexes.