Masters, Unions, and Men: Work Control in Building and the Rise of Labour, 1830-1914 - Hardcover

Price, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521228824 ISBN 13: 9780521228824

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

The incidence of industrial conflict and the nature of workplace industrial relations have occupied a central place in public and academic commentary on British society. Debate about the role of the trade unions in the state, the degree of authority that the unions can and should exercise over their members, the desirability of a legal framework for collective agreements, the nature of rank and file militancy and the means and techniques of re-establishing employers' authority over the work in the face of an expanded workers' frontier of control all lie at the heart of the social crisis that marked British society from the end of the 1960s.

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Book Description

The incidence of industrial conflict and the nature of workplace industrial relations have occupied a central place in public and academic commentary on British society. Debate about the role of the trade unions in the state and the degree of authority that the unions can and should exercise over their members lie at the heart of the social crisis that marked British society from the end of the 1960s.

About the Author

Richard Price is the author of seven novels, including "Clockers", "Freedomland", and "Samaritan". He won a 2007 Edgar Award for his writing on the HBO series "The Wire".

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0521228824
• ISBN 13: 9780521228824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368