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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782429903321

Autore

Gall Gregor

Titolo

Labour unionism in the financial services sector [[electronic resource] ] : fighting for rights and representation / / Gregor Gall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-003-06321-7

1-351-15438-9

1-281-89419-2

9786611894191

0-7546-8995-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

331.88/1133210941

Soggetti

Financial services industry - Employees - Labor unions - Great Britain

Labor unions - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Insets; List of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Organisational Names; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Labour Unionism in the Financial Services Sector: Struggling for Rights and Representation; 2 Historical Genesis and Development of Labour Unionism and Staff Associations; 3 Development of Labour Union Presence and Organisation, 1970-1989; 4 Weathering Storms: Stimuli, Opportunities and Challenges, 1990-1999; 5 Blown Asunder: Dissolution, Disorganisation and Dislocation of Collective Organisation, 2000-2007

6 Putting Historical Processes into Perspective and Prospects for the FutureReferences; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines, in wider historical terms, the development of unionisation and collectivism within the financial services sector.