British unions in decline: determinants of the 1980s fall in union recognition.(Union Decline in Britain) From: Industrial and Labor Relations Review | Date: April 1, 1995| Author: Disney, Richard; Gosling, Amanda; Machin, Stephen | COPYRIGHT 1995 Cornell University, ILR Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This examination of establishment-level data from the Workplace Industrial Relations Surveys of 1980, 1984, and 1990 shows that the proportion of British establishments (that is, workplaces in both the private and public sector) that recognized unions for collective bargaining over pay and working conditions fell by almost 20% between 1980 and 1990. Largely accountable for this decline was a much lower rate of union recognition in establishments founded in the 1980s than in previous years, pa...

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