1889 And All That: New Views on the New Unionism
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| Author: |
Matthews, Derek
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| Published in: | International Review of Social History, vol. 36(1991) no.1, p. 24-58. |
| Summary: |
SUMMARYThis article reviews the existing literature on the rise of the New Unionism and suggests some revisions of the nature of the phenomenon based on recent research. One finding is that as institutions the unions were not militant but from their inception favoured a moderate stance regarding relations with employers. The causes of the New Unionism and the strike wave of 1889–1890 are analysed within a framework of neoclassical economics and the major operator in the situation is identified as the dwindling supply of rural labour which increased the value and bargaining power of the unskilled toward the end of the nineteenth century. |
| Copyright: | Copyright © Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis 1991 |
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