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Have Unions Turned the Corner? New Evidence on Recent Trends in Union Recognition in UK Firms
Author(s) -
Blanden Jo,
Machin Stephen,
Reenen John Van
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00493.x
Subject(s) - legislation , government (linguistics) , trade union , politics , private sector , political science , industrial relations , labour economics , political economy , business , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics
This paper reports results from a recent survey conducted on unionization in over 650 firms in the private sector in the UK. The survey shows that since 1997 there has been a slight fall in derecognition, but a relatively large increase in union recognition. This increase in new recognition agreements is consistent with the idea that the incoming Labour government had a positive effect on the ability of unions to gain recognition, either through the 1999 legislation or more indirectly through changing the political climate.