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Why Do British Unions Oppose Privatisation?
Author(s) -
WATSON GEORGE
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1983.tb01497.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , monopoly , watson , trade union , state (computer science) , george (robot) , political science , economics , political economy , public administration , law , market economy , labour economics , politics , history , algorithm , natural language processing , computer science , art history
British trade unions have always been opposed to the removal of state monopolies from the public sector. George Watson examines the inconsistency of union attitudes, since monopoly tends to favour the powerful and rich at the expense of the weak and poor. British trade unionists, he says, should re‐assess their unreasoned opposition to privatisation if they claim to serve the interests of their members.