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Union autonomy in context: An international comparison

Fosh, P; Morris, H; Martin, R; Smith, P; Undy, R

Authors

P Fosh

H Morris

R Martin

P Smith

R Undy



Abstract

This is the second of two linked articles on the question of union autonomy; the first appeared in the previous issue of this journal. It considers state control and approach to union autonomy in the wider context of state controls on unions' bargaining activities including industrial action. Two questions are posed: whether there is any “balance” between state respect for union autonomy and state confidence that union collective bargaining activities take place within a legally prescribed framework; and how the state in the UK was able to shift so rapidly from the traditional, voluntary approach and the incipient neo-corporatism of the 1970s, to the detailed and onerous regulation of union internal and external activities in the 1980s and 1990s.

Citation

Fosh, P., Morris, H., Martin, R., Smith, P., & Undy, R. (1993). Union autonomy in context: An international comparison. Employee Relations, 15(4), 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459310043306

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 1993
Deposit Date Sep 3, 2010
Journal Employee Relations
Print ISSN 0142-5455
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Issue 4
Pages 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459310043306
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01425459310043306


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