New Labour, New Unions, New Left

McIlroy, John

doi:10.1177/030981680007100102

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“…Moreover, despite the Labour government's advances, actual policies did not fulfil unions' hopes. The minimum wage remained below union expectations, the statutory union recognition was watered down, Conservative employment legislation was not repealed and social partnership in the form of tripartism not institutionalised beyond the Low Pay Commission (McIlroy 2000a, 16–26). Privatisation in the public sector has continued through New Labour's attempt to attract private investment to the public sector via Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) (McIlroy 2000b, 9–12).…”

Section: Unions' Position Within the British And Swedish Forms Of Statementioning

confidence: 99%

Labour and the Struggle over the Future European Model of Capitalism: British and Swedish Trade Unions and their Positions on EMU and European Co-operation

Bieler¹

2008

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Based on a critical International Political Economy (IPE) perspective including a strategicrelational approach to the state, this article analyses Swedish and British trade unions' position on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) andEuropean co-operation. Importantly, unions in both countries support EMU membership, but transnational British labour is much more in favour of co-operation at the regional level than Swedish transnational labour. While the latter still enjoys good access to policy-making within the Swedish form of state, the former is rather marginalised in Britain and looks to the European Union as an alternative arena for influence. It is further shown that on the one hand British unions continue to reject neo-liberalism. On the other, some transnational sector unions in Sweden have, however, started to accept core neo-liberal concepts.

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Section: Unions' Position Within the British And Swedish Forms Of Statementioning

confidence: 99%

Labour and the Struggle over the Future European Model of Capitalism: British and Swedish Trade Unions and their Positions on EMU and European Co-operation

Bieler¹

2008

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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“…This has ranged from paying greater attention to the "servicing" of individual members' needs; to promoting mergers in order to benefit from economies of scale; to rediscovering the benefits of active recruitment and representation of underorganized groupings-the "organizing" approach; to the promotion of new "partnerships" with management; and to the promotion of a broader role in promoting social upliftment (Hyman 2001b;Claydon 1998;Fairbrother 2000;Kochan and Osterman 1994;McIlroy 2000).…”

Section: Horizontal Linkages: Dealing With Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“Pulled Apart, Pushed Together”

Brookes

Hinks

Wood

et al. 2005

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This is a study of horizontal and vertical solidarity within a national labour movement, based on a nationwide survey of members of affiliated unions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. On the one hand, the survey reveals relatively high levels of vertical and horizontal solidarity, despite the persistence of some cleavages on gender and racial lines. On the other hand, the maintenance and deepening of existing horizontal and vertical linkages in a rapidly changing socio-economic context, represents one of many challenges facing organized labour in an industrializing economy. COSATU’s strength is contingent not only on an effective organizational capacity, and a supportive network linking key actors and interest groupings, but also on the ability to meet the concerns of existing constituencies and those assigned to highly marginalized categories of labour.

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“…Thus, the vast majority of IR textbooks produced during this period, with some exceptions (Mcllroy, 1995), either completely ignored their influence within the workplace or unions or referred to it only in passing (for example, see Gospel and Palmer, 1993;Farnham and Pimlott, 1995;Edwards, 1995;Beardwell, 1996;Salaman, 1998;Burchill, 1997;Kessler and Bayliss, 1998;Blyton and Turnbull (1998). Equally, there is little literature on the influence of organised left-wing political factions within the unions' policy making bodies (again with some exceptions: Lipset, 1956;Undy et al, 1981;Seifert, 1984;Carter, 1997;Mcllroy, 2000aMcllroy, , 2000bGall, 2001). Yet trade unions are often the site of intense ideological struggles between different groups of activists about the definition of members' interests and the most appropriate means for their pursuit.…”

Section: Role Of Left-wing Activistsmentioning

confidence: 99%