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  • © 1998

Contemporary British Industrial Relations

Authors:

  1. Sid Kessler
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  2. Fred Bayliss
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  • Well established textbook by two leading authors in this area
    Fully updated to include the recent change of government in the UK and the implications of this
    Includes the findings from interviews with leading practitioners from both the trade union and the employers sides

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. The early post-war decades, 1945–70

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 1-18

  3. The 1970s

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 19-37

  4. The economic background

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 38-51

  5. Government values and policies

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 52-69

  6. The law and industrial relations

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 70-109

  7. Employer and management strategies in the private sector

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 110-131

  8. Government as employer and quasi-employer

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 132-161

  9. Trade unions

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 162-204

  10. The institutions of industrial relations

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 205-221

  11. Pay and productivity

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 222-238

  12. Strikes

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 239-266

  13. Assessment and implications for the future

    • Sid Kessler, Fred Bayliss
    Pages 267-302

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 303-331
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About this book

In this third edition the authors have revised and updated their popular textbook to take into account the new government as well as to examine recent changes in government policy, the law, union and management together with their effects upon pay and productivity, the nature and scope of collective bargaining and Britain's strike record. An analysis of developments in the European Union is also included.
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About the authors

SID KESSLER is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Relations at City University Business School. He lectured at City University from 1964 to 1994, prior to which he was Head of Research at the National Union of Mineworkers for eight years. He is an Arbitrator for the Arbitration, Conciliation and Advisory Service, and a Deputy Chairman of the Central Arbitration Committee. Other appointments have been with the National Board for Prices and Incomes, the Commission on Industrial Relations and the Clegg Comparability Commission.

FRED BAYLISS has been a Visiting Fellow at City University Business School since 1989. He retired from the Civil Service in 1986, having worked at the National Board for Prices and Incomes, the Commission on Industrial Relations, the Pay Board and the Department of Employment.
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