... centrally located within union objectives in order to reshape industrial relations to radical pluralist ends. Industrial relations Trade unions Strikes Alan Fox Public sector trade unionism Melanie Simms can be contacted at: melanie.simms@glasgow.ac.uk 11 08 2023 19 10 2023...

.... Originality/value This paper provides a general explanation for industrial action from the perspective of the people involved, rather than explaining the causality of specific strike actions. At a time when industrial action is generally declining in the developed industrialised states, this paper sheds...

...Giorgos Bithymitris Purpose – This paper examines the preconditions of the strike at the Greek steel company Hellenic Halyvourgia (HH) which started on 1 November 2011 and ended on 28 July 2012. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of current labour disputes...

...Professor Ralph Darlington; Dave Lyddon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the changing strike activity in the UK over the last 50 years. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a wide literature on UK strikes and an extensive trawl of newspaper...

...Professor Ralph Darlington; John Kelly Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the state of knowledge on strikes and collective action. Design/methodology/approach – Review of theoretical and empirical literature, including comparative literature. Findings – Both strike...

...Ralph Darlington Purpose The purpose of this paper is to build on the insights of mobilisation theory to examine the interplay of structure and agency dynamics in strike activity. It proposes to do so by investigating the 2007 36‐hour strike undertaken by 2,300 engineering and infrastructure...

... intervention than in the other countries, while at the same time supporting individuals taking cases to the courts. In Poland and Portugal, there are very high levels of individual employment complaints taken to the courts, and little collective strike action, while in Britain unions find it difficult...

... and traditional forms of action. A review of the case law and the legislation’s impact on strikes in the late 1990s suggests that its influence continues to be felt. The State and capital remain firmly opposed to the significant changes in the legislation which the TUC demands. Pursuing a strategy of social...

...Gregor Gall Most analyses of strike activity in Western Europe suggest that it has declined quite dramatically since the early 1970s. The contention of this article is that this decline has been exaggerated, largely as a result of an inadequate recognition of the deficiencies of the statistical...

...Gregor Gall Presents reported evidence which suggests that the overall resilience of workplace unionism to managerial challenges found in Liverpool can be found in many other Royal Mail workplaces in Britain. Analyses the various contours of union resistance, centred on strike action, to management...

...Bogdan Kavcic; Andreja Cibron A detailed account is given of a strike during December 1987 in a number of production and support units of the Ravne Iron Works, located in Slovenia, and run under workers′ self‐management, according to the laws in force at that time. The phenomenon of the strike...

...Toni M. Somers; Yash P. Gupta; Arthur W. Smith In this article the data are analysed on strike and normal working durations from three industries – the public school system, electronics, and seaports– over the period 1946 to 1987. The duration of strikes experienced immediately prior to negotiation...

... National Health Service Pay Professions Strikes Trade unions NURSES IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: REFLECTIONS ON RECENT INDUSTRIAL UNREST 3 W hy did the nurses really go on strike in 1988? Nurses in the National Health Service: Reflections on Recent Industrial Unrest T. Sullivan, I. Christensen...