The Trade Unions

Brewster, Chris

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-20139-6_3

Chris Brewster²

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You have seen the headlines:

UNION TELLS CHANCELLOR, SPEND MORE

WILL THE UNIONS SAVE LABOUR?

CAR UNIONS IN ALL OUT STRIKE

UNION VOTES FOR CND

UNION SUPPORTS TORY COUNCILLOR

and a thousand more like them. What precisely are these unions? Are they all the same? What do they aim to achieve? How do they operate? How powerful are they? This chapter aims to help you answer these questions.

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Cranfield School of Management, UK
Chris Brewster (Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations)

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Brewster, C. (1989). The Trade Unions. In: Employee Relations. Macmillan Professional Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20139-6_3

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