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Conceptualising Union Responses to Contracting Out Municipal Services, 1979–97
Author(s) -
Foster Deborah,
Scott Peter
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00086
Subject(s) - procurement , trade union , business , political science , international trade , marketing
Competitive tendering between 1979–97 has forced municipal trade unions to reconsider their roles, organisation, and the constituencies they address. Union responses to these dilemmas are categorised into three central themes. Results contribute to refining debates both on intra‐union relations and models of union development.