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Trade Unions, the Government and the Economy

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In the 1960s and 1970s industrial relations were often at the forefront of British politics. All manner of ‘British diseases’ were diagnosed at a time when the economies of the countries defeated in the Second World War — West Germany, Japan and Italy — were overtaking the British economy. Often prominent in such diagnoses were strikes and various other ills attributed by many to the actions of the trade unions.

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4. Trade Unions, the Government and the Economy

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Wrigley, C. (1991). Trade Unions, the Government and the Economy. In: Gourvish, T., O’Day, A. (eds) Britain Since 1945. Problems in Focus Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21603-1_4

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