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Describe and analyse the key developments in British industrial relations over the past 20 years. How do you account for these changes?
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Describe and analyse the key developments in British industrial relations over the past 20 years. How do you account for these changes? In Britain, the past two decades have witnessed a key change in industrial relationships, resulting from a stream of legislation, massive restructuring of industry, commerce and the public services, and many changes of policy and practice by those involved. The behaviour of employers is a major factor shaping the nature of employment. When the twentieth century came to a close, unions faced major challenges over issues which they thought they had laid to rest in earlier years. They are not as powerful as they used to be. Decline was linked to deep-seated changes in industrial relations and worker's attitudes from collectivism to individualism, conflict to co-operation. (Basset 1986.) Nevertheless, trade unions still form significant and powerful bodies in today's workforce, and there is an ongoing debate about the nature...
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