TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brady,Andrew
TI  - Unions and employment in a market economy: strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain 
T2  - Routledge research in employment relations
SN  - 9781351035446
AV  - HD6667 .B743 2019eb
U1  - 331.880941 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Labor unions
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - Political participation
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1997-2007
N1  - Includes index; Trade union strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain : an introduction -- The social contract (1974-79) -- Employment relations reform under new labour: context, continuity and change -- The national minimum wage -- The employment relations act -- The Warwick agreement -- Strategy, influence and power: lessons from history -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: List of interviews as introduced -- Appendix B: Key provisions of the employment act 2002 -- Appendix C: Key warwick agreement pledges -- Glossary -- Index
N2  - Due to the sharp declines in trade union density and collective bargaining coverage post-1979, the shift by trade unions towards political action has had significant implications for employment relations regulation in contemporary Britain. Yet, there remains insufficient discussion of the factors of influence affecting changes in the political action process from a historical and contemporary perspective. Unions and Employment in a Market Economy will evidence how trade unions were able to offset environmental constraints through a progressive focus on political action, despite diminished power in the Labour Party's structures and the wider economy. The book presents four legislative events categorised as functional equivalents enacted in two different periods of Labour governance (1974-79 and 1997-2010). The selected events are the Social Contract (1974-79), National Minimum Wage (1998), Employment Relations Act (1999) and the Warwick Agreement (2004). The book's findings lend credence to the proposition that in a liberal market economy there is a valuable dividend associated with trade union political exchange through the Labour Party
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351035460
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -