The focus of this book is the process of unionization in the road haulage industry, in particular, the role
of leadership in determining the quality of union organization. It analyzes the early history of road haulage unions, the creation of the TGWU, the failure to organize the industry during the 1930s and the consequent reliance upon statutory regulation of wages and conditions, and the subsequent institutional stasis of the TGWU during the 1950s. The transformation and expansion of union organization during the period
of 1963-1973, conceived as the mobilization of collective power by workers within the employment relationship, is explored in case studies of TGWU branches in Birmingham, Liverpool and London, and within the wider context of TGWU. The retrenchment of union organization as a result of recession and Conservative government legislation, 1980-1994, is explored.
The book concludes with an assessment of theories of unionization and democracy, and the role of leadership, with reference to the historical development of British trade unionism. The research utilizes oral and documentary sources, including hitherto unused archives of the TGWU and the Road Haulage Association.
By:
Paul Smith
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 610g
ISBN: 9780826452146
ISBN 10: 0826452140
Series: Routledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
Audience:
General/trade
,
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
ELT Advanced
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 Scope and Structure; Chapter 2 Theoretical Issues; Chapter 3 Industrial Relations and Trade Unionism in the Road Haulage Industry, 1918–53; Chapter 4 Trade Union and Company Strategies, 1953–78; Chapter 5 Case Studies in Unionization; Chapter 6 Case Studies in Unionization; Chapter 7 The Hire and Reward Road Haulage Dispute, 1979; Chapter 8 Exclusion and Disarticulation; Chapter 9 Issues in Unionization;
