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Union Organization in Great Britain

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Alex Bryson
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Union membership and density in Britain has experienced substantial decline since 1979. Thefall in private sector membership and density has been much greater than in the public sector.The size of the union sector, measured by employer recognition, has shrunk. Membershipdecline has been accompanied by financial decline. Much of the decline occurred before1997, under Conservative governments. Since 1997 and the return of a Labour government,the position has in some respects stabilized. Currently, unions have a substantially reducedeconomic impact, but a continued, if limited, role in workplace communication and grievancehandling, often as part of a voice regime including non union elements.

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Keywords: British trade unions; union structure; union membership;

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J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms

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  1. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson & John Forth, 2006. "Workplace Industrial Relations in Britain, 1980-2004," IZA Discussion Papers 2518, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  2. Walsh, Frank & Strobl, Eric, 2009. "Recent Trends in Trade Union Membership in Ireland," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 40(1), pages 117–138. [Downloadable!]
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