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The central argument of this chapter is that governmental policy towards the trade unions since 1979 has been to displace the industrial relations consensus of 1945–79 with a new policy. The former consensus was based on supporting collective bargaining and trade union organisation, within a voluntarist framework of trade union law. The new policy stresses individualism, market forces and the legal regulation of trade unions and trade disputes.
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Farnham, D. (1990). Trade Union Policy 1979–89: Restriction or Reform?. In: Savage, S.P., Robins, L. (eds) Public Policy under Thatcher. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20855-5_5
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