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At the cutting edge of new realism: the engineers’ 35 hour week campaign
Author(s) -
McKinlay Alan,
McNulty Des
Publication year - 1992
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.1468-2338.1992.tb00618.x
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , german , realism , political science , political economy , public administration , economic history , law , economics , history , archaeology , art , visual arts
British engineering unions’ campaign for a 35 hour week in 1989–90 was a watershed dispute in terms of strike strategy and its impact on collective bargaining institutions. This article examines the dynamics of the dispute and the tensions between the national and local leaderships of the union campaign and compares it to similar ones waged by the German metalworkers’ union, IG Metall.