Titlebook: Contemporary British Industrial Relations; Sid Kessler,Fred Bayliss Textbook 1998Latest edition Sid Kessler and Fred Bayliss 1998 assessme

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,The early post-war decades, 1945–70,ediate post-war economic environment was one of scarcity and shortages of most goods and raw materials. There was no need therefore to fear for full employment (particularly given Marshall Aid) or acute overseas competition, with most of Europe devastated by the war.

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The law and industrial relations,t between equals and one which is freely entered into. In fact, the individual employee is almost invariably in a weaker position than the employer. Hence the need and right for individuals to be able to organise in free and effective trade unions and the need for protective legislation in some areas.

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Trade unions,e with Government and in society generally, and greatly reduced bargaining power . employers. The environment in which unions had to operate was the crucial cause of their problems, although this is not to say that there were not deficiencies in union organisation, policies and behaviour which contributed.

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Government values and policies,At the general election of 1979 a Conservative Government was returned with a majority of 43 seats over all other parties, with the support of 44 per cent of those who voted. The manifesto on which the government was elected heralded major changes in industrial relations and, in particular, steps to curb the power of trade unions.

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Pay and productivity,In this chapter we look first at government’s objectives and policy with regard to pay determination since 1979; second, at the outcomes of policies on pay; and finally, at how and why outcomes differed from intentions.

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