1 Work, wages and the industrial relations tradition --;2 The professions and their associations --;3 The trade unions and their members --;4 Employers, managers and the conduct of industrial relations --;5 Whitley and the survival of collective bargaining --;6 Deadlocked: arbitration, industrial action and pay review --;7 Workplace collective bargaining --;8 The market, collective bargaining and the survival of custom --;Names index.
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A comprehensive review of the 26 trade unions in the NHS, examining their history, structure and policies. The book also examines pay and conditions and their determination and the NHS reforms and their industrial relations consequences for staff, their organizations and terms of employment.