Unionization and union leadership : the road haulage industry /

"The focus of this book is the process of unionization in the road haulage industry, in particular, the role of leadership in determining the quality of union organization. It analyzes the early history of road haulage unions, the creation of the TGWU, the failure to organize the industry durin...

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Main Author: Smith, Paul, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2001.
Series:Employment and work relations in context.
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Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Scope and Structure
  • 2. Theoretical Issues: Trade Unionism and Unionization
  • 3. Industrial Relations and Trade Unionism in the Road Haulage Industry, 1918-53: The Legacy
  • 4. Trade Union and Company Strategies, 1953-78
  • 5. Case Studies in Unionization: London and Liverpool
  • 6. Case Studies in Unionization: The TGWU 5/35 Branch, Birmingham
  • 7. The Hire and Reward Road Haulage Dispute, 1979
  • 8. Exclusion and Disarticulation: The TGWU RTC Group, 1979-98
  • 9. Issues in Unionization.