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  • A New Scotland

    Building an Equal, Fair and Sustainable Society

    Edited by Gregor Gall ...
    Inequality and unfairness still stalk Scotland after more than twenty years of devolution. Having done little to shield against austerity, Brexit and an increasingly right-wing Westminster agenda, calls for further constitutional reform to solve pressing political, economic and social problems grow ever louder. The debate over further devolution or independence continues to split the population.In ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Labour Unions

    Edited by Prof. Gregor Gall ...
    Growing levels of income and wage inequality and the precaritization of many sections of the labour force have made labour unions as salient as ever. Although membership levels have decreased, they remain among the world’s largest representative organizations and continue to play a significant role as vehicles for democracy, sustainable development and social justice.This handbook assembles an ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marxism in Music

    Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock’n’roll and Revolution

    by Gregor Gall ...
    '80s British alternative band, The Redskins, are a case study for examining the relationship between music, politics and revolution and the development of a contra-culture.In Marxism in Music: Constructing a Communist Contra-Culture with The Redskins, Rock'n'roll and Revolution, Gregor Gall examines how The Redskins, so**-**called for their skinhead aesthetics and commitment to a socialist ideal, ... Read more

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  • The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer

    Radicalism, resistance and rebellion

    by Gregor Gall ...
    Joe Strummer was one of the twentieth century’s iconic rock’n’roll rebels. As frontperson, spokesperson and chief lyricist for The Clash, he played a major role in politicising a generation through some of the most powerful protest songs of the era, songs like ‘White Riot’, ‘English Civil War’ and ‘London Calling’. At the heart of this protest was the struggle for social justice and equality.The ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Mick Lynch

    The making of a working-class hero

    by Gregor Gall ...
    In the summer of 2022, the little-known leader of a small union became a ‘working-class hero’. Facing down media pundits who thought they could walk all over him, he offered a robust critique of the government and provided workers with an authentic voice. At a time when the Labour Party was unable to articulate a credible alternative to the Tories, Mick Lynch spoke for the working class.Where did ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Value of Industrial Relations

    Contemporary Work and Employment in Britain

    Series series Understanding Work and Employment Relations
    Published in collaboration with BUIRA, this book provides a critical review of the field of industrial relations (IR) and evaluates its future in the rapidly evolving world of work.Written by key names in IR, the book captures the significant transformations that have taken place within the field over the past decade. It traces the historical development of IR, exploring its ongoing impact on our ... Read more

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  • Bob Crow: Socialist, leader, fighter

    A political biography

    by Gregor Gall ...
    Bob Crow was the most high-profile and militant union leader of his generation. This biography focuses on his leadership of the RMT union, examining and exposing a number of popular myths created about him by political opponents. Using the schema of his personal characteristics (including his public persona), his politics and the power of his members, it explains how and why he was able to punch ... Read more

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  • Labour Unionism in the Financial Services Sector

    Fighting for Rights and Representation

    by Gregor Gall ...
    In recent years, there has been an acute crisis of worker representation in the finance sector in Britain. Labour union and staff association membership and density has fallen, collective organisation has experienced dislocation and disorganisation and worker self-confidence has been sapped. Prior to this, there was a sense of an identifiable trajectory towards greater 'unionateness' by labour ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Meaning of Militancy?

    Postal Workers and Industrial Relations

    by Gregor Gall ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2003.This book explores many of the major issues of concern to researchers studying trade unionism. It offers: a definition, elaboration and contextualisation of militancy (industrial, union and worker); an examination of the relationship between workplace unionism and the wider body of the union; a study of factionalism and industrial and political consciousness: ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Employment Relations in Financial Services

    An Exploration of the Employee Experience After the Financial Crash

    by Gregor Gall ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book describes and analyses the impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis upon the working conditions of employees in the financial services sector in Britain*.* It tells the story of workers being made to pay the price for a crisis that was not of their own making, but nevertheless caused a deleterious impact on their employment security, remuneration and working conditions. Evidence of ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Union Recognition

    Organising and Bargaining Outcomes

    Edited by Gregor Gall ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Employment Relations
    Several thousand new trade union recognition agreements have been signed since 1997, representing a major development within industrial relations in Britain. This has resulted from the interaction of union organizing efforts and the statutory union recognition provisions of the Employment Relations Act 1999. However for trade unions, recognition alone is not enough, a vital issue is whether, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Union Organizing

    Campaigning for trade union recognition

    by Gregor Gall ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
    After many years of indifferent decline, trade union membership is now being revitalized; strategies known as ‘union organizing’ are being used to recruit and re-energize unions around the globe. This book considers exactly how trade unions are working to do this and provides a much-needed evaluation of these rebuilding strategies.By comparing historical and contemporary case studies to assess the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD