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| Author: | Sapsford, D. Turnbull, P. |
| Title: | Dockers, Devlin and industrial disputes. (!Dock workers) |
| Journal: | Industrial Relations Journal
1990 : SPRING, VOL. 21:1, p. 26-35 |
| Index terms: | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PORTS MATERIALS HANDLING LABOUR PROTECTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Review of industrial conflict in the UK docks due to casual forms of employment and a more permanent employment relationship, with its impact on strike activity. Background to decasualisation. UK Dock Acts and moves to reform the job scheme. 3 categories of dockers. Introduction of voluntary severance terms and voluntary redundancy. Trade Union activity. Casual employment and strikes in the docks: a model. Empirical results. Determinants of strike activity in the docks. Conclusions and implications for abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme. A Figure illustrates employment on the docks, and the Appendix: the estimated coefficients of the model. |
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