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The labour process and trade unionism : a study of the rise of unionisation in the bookmaking industry
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Allum, Cliff (1980) The labour process and trade unionism : a study of the rise of unionisation in the bookmaking industry. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The thesis critically examines the main theories of union growth, especially white-collar unionism, and argues they have inadequately analysed the labour process and its precise importance in understanding the development of unionization. It is suggested that unionization is better understood through analysing (a) the various pressures which imply changes in the labour process; (b) the impact of these changes on the relationships between employees and not just those between employer and employees; (c) how this shapes the patterns of employees experience and their response in terms of collective organization and action. This allows a clearer understanding of how certain conjunctural influences may affect union organization and activity; in particular, the role of employers policies, state intervention and the autonomy of trade unions from the labour process. These arguments are developed in the context of a detailed analysis of the Bookmaking Industry, the rise of The Union of Bookmakers Employees (TUBE) in the early 1970s, and its subsequent merger with the TGWU.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Labor unions -- Great Britain, Book-making (Betting), Bookmakers (Gambling) -- Labor unions, White collar workers -- Labor unions, Labor unions -- Organizing | ||||
| Official Date: | September 1980 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Hyman, Richard | ||||
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| Extent: | xxii, 520 leaves : charts | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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