Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93
This book provides detailed evidence of how the largest UK public sector union fought against the neo-liberal policies of the Thatcher governments. In particular it traces the union's opposition to privatization, and its responses to the introduction of market mechanisms in local government, education, and the National Health Service. The authors' research reveals a vibrant and democratic culture located in the best traditions of progressive trade unionism.
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Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93
This book provides detailed evidence of how the largest UK public sector union fought against the neo-liberal policies of the Thatcher governments. In particular it traces the union's opposition to privatization, and its responses to the introduction of market mechanisms in local government, education, and the National Health Service. The authors' research reveals a vibrant and democratic culture located in the best traditions of progressive trade unionism.
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Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93

Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93

Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93

Facing Up to Thatcherism: The History of NALGO 1979-93

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This book provides detailed evidence of how the largest UK public sector union fought against the neo-liberal policies of the Thatcher governments. In particular it traces the union's opposition to privatization, and its responses to the introduction of market mechanisms in local government, education, and the National Health Service. The authors' research reveals a vibrant and democratic culture located in the best traditions of progressive trade unionism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199240753
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/22/2001
Pages: 468
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Roger Seifert read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University before taking an M.Sc. in Economics and later a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics. He worked for Incomes Data Service before joining Keele University where he is now Professor of Industrial Relations. Mike Ironside read Mechanical Engineering at Aston University and then became a local government officer and a trade union activist. He took an MA in Industrial Relations and worked as a research officer for a trade union before joining Keele University as a lecturer in 1990.

Table of Contents

1. NALGO: What Kind of Trade Union? 2. NALGO 1905 to 19783. The Advent of Thatcherism4. The Squeeze Tightens5. Thatcherites Versus the Trade Union Movement6. Privatization and the Retreat from National Bargaining7. Storms: Financial, Climatic, and Industrial8. Shake it All About: Into the 1990s9. NALGO's Last Year10. In UNISON
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