The Sociology of Industrial Conflict

Richard Hyman
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Richard Hyman: University of Warwick

Chapter 3 in Strikes, 1989, pp 55-76 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As was seen in the first chapter, the strike is not a homogeneous phenomenon: it can vary from a massive and protracted confrontation to a half-hour protest by half a dozen workers. At the latter end of the scale it may be difficult to decide precisely what is to count as a strike. If a lunch-hour meeting of workers to discuss a grievance runs over into working time, are they technically on strike? Or if they refuse to start a new piecework job at the price offered, or disregard a disputed instruction, have they stopped work? Employers themselves differ in their classification of such instances: ‘“strikes” at one establishment may be “pauses for discussion” at another’ (Turner et al., 1967:52–3).

Keywords: Industrial Relation; Human Relation; Structural Explanation; Strike Action; Industrial Situation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19819-1_3

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