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Fair p(l)ay for police—the 2007/2008 Bobby Lobby
Author(s) -
Bradshaw Isobel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of public affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1479-1854
pISSN - 1472-3891
DOI - 10.1002/pa.325
Subject(s) - negotiation , salary , politics , government (linguistics) , direct action , public administration , political science , action (physics) , law , restitution , sociology , management , economics , philosophy , linguistics , physics , quantum mechanics
This article follows the campaign conducted by the Police Federation of England and Wales as they strove to overturn the Home Secretary's decision on pay in 2007/2008. The campaign combined direct action, media relations, public affairs and legal action as the Federation sought to galvanise public and political support during their dispute. The campaign failed to secure its most immediate aim ‐ the restitution of its rightful pay award ‐ but it won considerable concessions from the Government in later salary negotiations. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.