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The Meaning of Militancy?: Postal Workers and Industrial Relations de Gregor Gall

The Meaning of Militancy?: Postal Workers and Industrial Relations: Routledge Revivals

Autor Gregor Gall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 oct 2017
This title was  first published in 2003.This book explores many of the major issues of concern to researchers studying trade unionism. It offers: a definition, elaboration and contextualisation of militancy (industrial, union and worker); an examination of the relationship between workplace unionism and the wider body of the union; a study of factionalism and industrial and political consciousness: and an analysis of the construction and mobilisation of conflict and cooperation (social partnership). These themes are considered through examining the relatively militant response of British postal workers to increased commercialisation of their industry. By comparing this response to that of postal workers in nine other major industrial countries, the study provides an explanation of why UK postal workers have been relatively successful in resisting new management techniques and privatisation through militancy and oppositionalism. One aspect given particular attention is the uneasy relationship within the postal workers' union between shop floor militancy and the social partnership approach followed by the union's leadership.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138717510
ISBN-10: 1138717517
Pagini: 364
Dimensiuni: 150 x 216 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.83 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Revivals

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Contents: Introduction; Worker militancy, trade unionism and industrial relations; Royal Mail's business, industrial and political environments; Strikes in Royal Mail: volumes and trends; The 1988 national postal strike; The 1996 national postal strike; Strike propensity and strike potency; Strike organisation and strike characteristics; The politics and consciousness of postal workers; Assessing militancy; Comparative positions and processes; Conclusion; Postscript; Appendices; References; Index.

Notă biografică

Gregor Gall, Dr, Reader in Industrial Relations, Department of Management and Organization, University of Stirling, Scotland

Recenzii

'Amidst the general decline in strike activity in Britain postal workers have emerged in recent years as one of the most strike prone groups of employees. The story of how they came to play this role is told persuasively and in great detail in Gregor Gall's new book. It will be invaluable reading both for those interested in union and worker militancy and for those concerned about the future of the labour movement.' Professor John Kelly, London School of Economics, UK 'The book is...important as an historical testament to a key moment in British industrial relations and as an insight into the contradictory nature of militancy...What Gall has shown us is how a tradition of militancy emerged in a context where militancy had been weak. In this respect, his methodology and his detailed approach is one of the strengths of the book.' Industrial Relations Journal 'Through a highly detailed account of the postal workers' growing and sustained combativity since the 1970s, Gall sketches a real political economy of the contemporary workplace...The book...remains a major addition to the recent history of the British labour movement.' Journal of Industrial Relations

Descriere

This title was first published in 2003.This book examines key issues in trade union research such as: militancy and moderation; 'trade union bureaucracy'; workplace unionism; factionalism and political consciousness; and theories of social partnership. These themes are examined by considering the effectiveness of union militancy in resisting increased commercialisation within the public sector. The book compares the response of postal workers (which has been comparatively militant) to that of other workers facing similar situations and provides an explanation of why postal workers have been partially successful in fending off new management techniques and privatisation. Further insights are provided by an extension of the analysis to postal workers in six other major industrial countries.