Trade Unions - a future? "A trade union is an independent self-regulating organization of workers created to protect and advance the interests of its members through collective action." Over recent years, it has become fashionable in many quarters to write off Britain's trade unions, to label them as obsolete institutions out of touch with new realities and incapable of change. In today's world of individual employment contracts, performance-related pay schemes, Human Resource and Total Quality …showed first 75 words of 1543 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1543 total…feel that Britain's trade unions will remain adaptable and pragmatic enough to grow once again into this new century, and into the next. Bibliography Armstrong, M & Murlis, H (1991) Reward Management Second Edition Begg, D (1987) Economics Second Edition Clark, A & Layard, R (1993) UK Unemployment Second Edition Jones, J & Morris, M (1986) A-Z of Trade Unionism and Industrial Relations Taylor, R (1994) The Future of the Trade Unions TUC Company Facts Home Page