Taming the Trade Unions: A Guide to the Thatcher Government's Employment Reforms, 1980-90

A review of the way in which the Thatcher government dealt with employment reforms between 1980 and 1990. Included in the book are chapters on trade union democracy and the role of the TUC, deregulation of the labour market and an examination of how a Labour government would tackle these issues. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Winter of Discontent....Pages 3-14 Step by Step Reform: An Outline of the Process....Pages 15-19 Trade Union Immunities: The Heart of the Matter....Pages 20-29 The Closed Shop....Pages 30-40 Picketing....Pages 41-45 Trade Union Democracy and the Role of the TUC....Pages 46-58 Deregulating the Labour Market, the Rise of Self-Employment and the Individual Contract of Employment....Pages 59-68 Some Economic Benefits of the Reforms....Pages 69-87 Unfinished Business....Pages 88-100 What Would a Labour Government Do?....Pages 101-110 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 From Industrial Relations to Human Resource Management....Pages 116-121 The Importance of the Customer....Pages 122-127 Zero-Defect Quality and High Productivity....Pages 128-132 Recruiting and Motivating Individual Employees....Pages 133-140 Creating a Team Spirit....Pages 141-147 Profit Sharing and Co-Partnership....Pages 148-154 The Open Shop and the New Trade Unionism....Pages 155-159 A New Style of Management....Pages 160-167 Back Matter....Pages 168-179