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New technology and the restructuring of pit‐level industrial relations in the British coal industry
Author(s) -
Leman Steve,
Winterton Jonathan
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1991.tb00131.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , coal , coal mining , industrial relations , work (physics) , business , engineering , industrial organization , economy , mining engineering , political science , management , economics , waste management , mechanical engineering , finance
Since the 1984–85 strike, British Coal has pursued its corporate objectives by restructuring operations, introducing new technology and intensifying work. The reconstruction of industrial relations which has accompanied these changes is analysed with particular emphasis on developments at colliery level.