Trade union merger strategies : purpose, process, and performance

As Trades Union membership has declined, merger and amalgamation have been prominent features in strategies of revitalization. Yet, there is very little systematic, empirical research into their effects on unions or the wider union movement. This study fills this gap with an analysis of British unio...

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Main Author: Undy, R. [ (Roger)] (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press , c2008
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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245 1 0 |a Trade union merger strategies :   |b purpose, process, and performance   |c Roger Undy 
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300 |a xix, 295 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-279) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Nature and purpose of the study -- 2. Union strategies in context -- 3. Transfer strategies -- 4. Transfer negotiations -- 5. Transfers: post-merger performance -- 6. Amalgamation strategies -- 7. Amalgamation negotiations -- 8. Amalgamations: post-merger performance -- 9. Mergers: good or bad for unions 
520 |a As Trades Union membership has declined, merger and amalgamation have been prominent features in strategies of revitalization. Yet, there is very little systematic, empirical research into their effects on unions or the wider union movement. This study fills this gap with an analysis of British union mergers since 1978. 
650 0 |a Labor unions   |x Mergers   |z Great Britain 
650 0 |a Labor unions   |z Great Britain   |x History   |y 20th century 
856 4 1 |3 Table of contents only   |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008000350.html 
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