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04/09/2001
Trade union strength continues to grow
A recent survey carried by leading UK law firm DLA has warned that a revival in the strength of trade unions risked a surge in UK industrial unrest.
Solicitors at the firm revealed that there has been a marked increase over the past year in the number of ballots for industrial action and the number of days lost to strikes.
This trend, they said, reflected a shift in the balance of industrial power from bosses to unions.
Most unions surveyed by the DLA forecast a rise in industrial and warned that industrial relations in the UK were set to face a "bumpy ride".
However, the report’s author, David Bradley, said that while he did not envisage anything like a return to the environment of the 1970s and 1980s, it was clear that unions had recovered some of the influence lost during the Thatcher years.
Firms hit by strike action in the last few months include carmaker Vauxhall, and post office operator Consignia, which in June warned that jobs would go unless industrial relations improved. (MB)
Solicitors at the firm revealed that there has been a marked increase over the past year in the number of ballots for industrial action and the number of days lost to strikes.
This trend, they said, reflected a shift in the balance of industrial power from bosses to unions.
Most unions surveyed by the DLA forecast a rise in industrial and warned that industrial relations in the UK were set to face a "bumpy ride".
However, the report’s author, David Bradley, said that while he did not envisage anything like a return to the environment of the 1970s and 1980s, it was clear that unions had recovered some of the influence lost during the Thatcher years.
Firms hit by strike action in the last few months include carmaker Vauxhall, and post office operator Consignia, which in June warned that jobs would go unless industrial relations improved. (MB)
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