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The Trade Union Response to Hrm In the Uk: the Case of the Tgwu
Author(s) -
Fisher John
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
human resource management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.44
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1748-8583
pISSN - 0954-5395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1995.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - trade union , opposition (politics) , human resource management , non union , collective bargaining , position (finance) , human resources , political science , tutor , industrial relations , management , public relations , labour economics , business , operations management , sociology , economics , law , medicine , pedagogy , finance , surgery , politics
John Fisher has for many years worked closely with the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) as a specialist tutor. In this article he tracks and explains the significant movement in this union's response to human resource management. At national and workplace level he observes a shift from an ‘oppositional’ stance to a more complex position. This combines a lingering suspicion of HRM with a new recognition of the need for involvement in the HRM process. the article represents the first report of this significant set of moves from a union long‐noted for its implacable opposition to human resource management initiatives.