In brief: Circling the Wagons: Unions' Part in their Own Decline

P Willman

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Abstract: The conventional explanation of union decline in Britain tends to stress the impact of outside forces. Manufacturing employment collapsed and there was massive membership loss. Unemployment rose. Hostile legislation impaired unions' ability to represent and recruit. In short, macroeconomic and political factors restricted unions' ability to sustain the membership advances of the 1970s across subsequent decades.

Date: 2005-06
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