Skip to main content

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Brook, K. (2002), ‘Trade Union Membership: an Analysis of Data from the Autumn 2001 LFS’, Labour Market Trends, July, pp. 343–54.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brown, W., Deakin, S., Hudson, M., Pratten, C. and Ryan, P. (1998), The Individualisation of Employment Contracts in Britain, DTI Research Paper, June.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bryson, A. (2001), ‘Employee Voice, Workplace Closure and Employment Growth’, PSI Discussion Paper 6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Card, D. and Freeman, R. (2003), ‘What Have Two Decades of British Economic Reform Delivered?’, in R. Blundell, D. Card and R. Freeman (eds), Seeking a Premier League Economy, University of Chicago Press for NBER: Chicago.

    Google Scholar 

  • Charlwood, A. (2002), ‘Why Do Non-Union Employees Want to Unionize?’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 40 (3), pp. 463–92.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cully, M., Woodland, S., O’Reilly, A., Dix, G. (1999), Britain at Work: As Depicted by the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey, Routledge: London.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Department of Trade and Industry (2003), Review of the Employment Act 1999: Consultation Document February.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gospel, H. and Wood, S. (eds) (2003), Representing Workers: Trade Union Representation and Membership in Britain, Routledge: London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Machin, S. (2000), ‘Union Decline in Britain’, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 38 (4).

    Google Scholar 

  • Machin, S. (2001), ‘Does It Still Pay to Be in or to Join a Union?’, mimeo, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.

    Google Scholar 

  • Machin, S. (2003), ‘Trade Union Decline, New Workplace And New Workers’, in H. Gospel and S. Wood (eds), Representing Workers: Trade Union Representation and Membership in Britain, Routledge: London.

    Google Scholar 

  • Metcalf, D. (ed.) (2003a), Future of Unions in Modern Britain Mid-Term Report on Leverhulme Trust-Funded Research Programme 2000–2002: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/future_of_unions

    Google Scholar 

  • Metcalf, D. (2003b), ‘Unions and Productivity, Financial Performance and Investment: International Evidence’, in J. Addison and C. Schnabel (eds) International Handbook of Trade Unions, Edward Elgar.

    Google Scholar 

  • Millward, N., Bryson, A. and Forth, J. (2000), All Change at Work?, Routledge: London.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Pencavel, J. (2003), ‘The Surprising Retreat of Union Britain’, in R. Blundell, D. Card and R. Freeman (eds), Seeking ci Premier League Economy, University of Chicago Press for NBER: Chicago.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Copyright information

© 2003 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Metcalf, D. (2003). Trade Unions. In: Dickens, R., Gregg, P., Wadsworth, J. (eds) The Labour Market Under New Labour. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598454_12

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics