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Law commentary: Three faces of democracy and three missing persons: the Trade Union Act 1984
Author(s) -
Mackie Karl
Publication year - 1984
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.1468-2338.1984.tb00859.x
Subject(s) - trade union , legislation , democracy , government (linguistics) , political science , law , economics , law and economics , international trade , politics , philosophy , linguistics
The Conservative government described the 1984 Trade Union Act as a piece of legislation to ‘give the unions back to their members'. This article examines the concept of democracy present in the Act and analyses its implications for trade unions and industrial relations.