Originally published in 1976, Democracy and Government in European Trade Unions is a detailed and practical examination of the organisational structure and internal control of trade unions in 8 Western European countries. It provides an introduction to the characteristics and styles of trade unionism in Europe. Written at a time when the international dimension of trade unionism had taken on a new significance, this comprehensive study explains and compares fundamental issues of union organisation and administration. The relationship between individual unions and the national confederations is described and the internal operation of unions in the engineering, textile and railway unions of the various countries examined. This guide to the ways and means of European trade unionism during the 1970s will be of interest to students of industrial relations and trade unionists.
1. Introduction 2. The European Labour Movement in General: Some Facts and Figures 3. Union Organisation in the Plant 4. Union Conference 5. General Councils and National Executives 6. Full-Time Union Officials 7. Collective Bargaining 8. Conclusion. Appendix: 1. Trade Union Membership 2. Major Centres of Employment in Metalworking and Textiles 3. Major Trade Union Organisations in Europe.
Biography
Anthony Carew has been Honorary Visiting Reader in International Labour Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He was Research Fellow in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex, a Rockefeller Fellow at the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labour and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit and a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam.
