... to serve mainly white and coloured community prior to democracy. It has more than 600 staff members. In South Africa, trade unions have played a major role in the transformation of the country; in the late 1980s, they formed the principal vehicle for internal opposition to the apartheid regime...

.... Anne‐Mette Hjalager can be contacted at: anne‐mette.hjalager@advance1.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Trade unions Nurses Hospital management Public sector reform Change management Denmark The survey distinguishes between the “nearest” and “upper” management...

...Mark Stuart; Miguel Martinez Lucio Drawing from original empirical data this paper compares the changing nature of employment relations in the health and private sectors. A key concern is to assess the extent to which the emergence of partnership‐type arrangements between employers and trade unions...