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British Trade Unions and Economic and Monetary Union
Author(s) -
Whyman Philip
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00257
Subject(s) - trade union , economic and monetary union , economics , economic integration , single market , hostility , international economics , european monetary union , economic union , international free trade agreement , european union , international trade , keynesian economics , monetary policy , psychology , clinical psychology
British labor movement attitudes toward European integration and,most recently, toward participation in economic and monetary union (EMU) have evolved from hostility to firm support. This article analyzes the contradictions in the trade union desire for a European social model (ESM) within a neoliberal EMU framework and indicates the need for a modification of the current trade union strategy.