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British Unions: A Cultural Analysis

British Unions: A Cultural Analysis

W. Campbell Balfour

Volume : 13-3 (1958)

Abstract

Trade unions in Britain have developed against a particular cultural background, and many of their attitudes and aims stem from this environment and its effect on their members. The last twenty or thirty years have seen great changes in political, social and economic backgrounds: this has led to certain strains and tensions in the union structure, and to the gradual abandonment of traditional symbols, beliefs and modes of action.