<p><span>Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the βthe new working classβ or βnew middle classβ. This book is an authoritative study of the βwhite collar workersβ relationship with their unions and analysis of their newly designated class. The authors drew extensively
Technical Workers: Class, labour and trade unionism
β Scribed by Chris Smith (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 335
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Theories of Class and Technical Work....Pages 10-74
Technical Workers: An Overview....Pages 75-105
The Local Study: Bristol and Aerospace....Pages 106-125
Technical Workers and the Division of Labour....Pages 126-157
Design Engineers and the Hierarchy in Technical Work....Pages 158-191
The Craft Tradition Under Threat: Technical Workersβ Relations with Manual Workers....Pages 192-226
The Work Relations Between Technical Workers and Managers....Pages 227-255
Technical Workers and Trade Unionism: TASS in the Post-War Period....Pages 256-297
Conclusion....Pages 298-303
Back Matter....Pages 304-322
β¦ Subjects
Labor Economics
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