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The local organisation of a national dispute: the British 1979 engineering strike
Author(s) -
Edwards Paul
Publication year - 1982
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/j.1468-2338.1982.tb00395.x
Subject(s) - general strike , political science , law , politics
The national engineering strike of 1979 was by far the largest strike in Britain in recent years. Here the authors examine a crucial aspect of the strike which has been given little systematic attention, that is in the way it was organised at local level and mobilised mass support.