Labour draws up its alternative

Article Abstract:

British public opinion polls indicate that voters may be ready to overturn the Thatcher government and return the Labour Party to power for the first time since 1979. In light of this possibility, the Labour Party's policies toward industrial relations law and the party's proposed legislative changes are compared to current labor law in Great Britain, France, Germany, the U.S. and Japan. The British Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress announced on March 19, 1986 their joint commitment to three policies: (1) improving employee rights at the individual (rather than the union) level, (2) guaranteeing the rights of union members with respect to union elections, and (3) ensuring the unions' ability to strike or to take other forms of action, by concentrating on the unions' rights and immunities.

Analysis, Interpretation and construction, Political activity, Labour Party (United Kingdom), Labor law, Trades Union Congress, Great Britain

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Will warning words whittle wages?

Article Abstract:

The current national average wage index growth rate in Great Britain is 7.5%. This hides fluctuations that occur in the private and public sectors, industry to industry areas, the regional level, and variations within individual localities or specialty enterprises. The general trend is downward, with an expected drop to 6.5% in wage growth for 1987. Among the factors in the decline are: inflation, profits, labor market divisions, skill shortages, pay-for-performance plans, equal-pay-for-equal work, and low-wage earners.

Wages, Wages and salaries

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Decline of the Big Battalions

Article Abstract:

Research shows there is a significant relationship between the size of a workplace and the strength of the shop stewards. As the economy worsened three years ago, the confidence of the workers in the trade unions began to slip. Unions need to develop a network of local officials to handle problems of the workers. Unions will gain confidence if they can show success in working with management. Changes must be made in the unions to reflect the technological society in which we live.

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