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Taming the Trade Unions

A Guide to the Thatcher Government's Employment Reforms, 1980-90

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Charles G. Hanson

    1. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Thatcher Government’s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Winter of Discontent

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      Pages 3-14

    3. Step by Step Reform: An Outline of the Process

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      Pages 15-19

    4. Trade Union Immunities: The Heart of the Matter

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      Pages 20-29

    5. The Closed Shop

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      Pages 30-40

    6. Picketing

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      Pages 41-45

    7. Trade Union Democracy and the Role of the TUC

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      Pages 46-58

    8. Deregulating the Labour Market, the Rise of Self-Employment and the Individual Contract of Employment

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      Pages 59-68

    9. Some Economic Benefits of the Reforms

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      Pages 69-87

    10. Unfinished Business

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      Pages 88-100

    11. What Would a Labour Government Do?

      • Charles G. Hanson
      Pages 101-110

  3. New Employment Policies in

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. From Industrial Relations to Human Resource Management

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      Pages 116-121

    3. The Importance of the Customer

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      Pages 122-127

    4. Zero-Defect Quality and High Productivity

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      Pages 128-132

    5. Recruiting and Motivating Individual Employees

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      Pages 133-140

    6. Creating a Team Spirit

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      Pages 141-147

    7. Profit Sharing and Co-Partnership

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      Pages 148-154

    8. The Open Shop and the New Trade Unionism

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      Pages 155-159
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A review of the way in which the Thatcher government dealt with employment reforms between 1980 and 1990. Included in the book are chapters on trade union democracy and the role of the TUC, deregulation of the labour market and an examination of how a Labour government would tackle these issues.

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  • University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Charles G. Hanson

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