The Future of Labour Law

by Aileen McColgan (Editor)

Great changes have taken place in British labour law since 1979. Successive governments have moved gradually to dismantle the structure of trade union and employees' rights built up over the century. Although the change has been gradual, it has been relentless, with no fewer than eight major pieces of legislation having been introduced since 1980. In the process we have seen the deconstruction of collective bargaining procedures and the deregulation of employment standards.
The volume of fourteen papers by academics, practising lawyers, trade union and other activists in the field of industrial relations and labour law, addresses the possibilities for change after fifteen years during which workers' protections have been dismantled, their representatives shackled and their security removed.
Fifteen years of reaction to Conservative government policies has threatened the ability of supporters of the labour movement to advocate, create and design a new scheme of labour law. This collection of papers presents an opportunity by which the boundaries of a new debate might be fashioned.

292 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996