Inside the Unions

Ed Blissett (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations at the University of Hertfordshire. Prior to taking up this post Ed was, for over twenty years, a lay activist and then a senior Regional and National officer for three of Britain’s largest trade unions. His roles included four years as Regional Secretary of the GMB London Region. These positions saw him play a central part in local and national union policy-making and granted him extensive first-hand knowledge of those factors which shape union policy formation. His background as a senior union officer also assisted him in gaining unprecedented access to the Australian and British printing and telecommunication unions, which allows this book to give a unique insight into the richly complex process of union policy-making.

• Contents: Union Policy-Making: Theoretical Perspectives – The British Printing Unions: Pre-1980 – The Australian Printing Unions: Pre-1980 – The British Telecommunication Unions: Pre-1980 – The Australian Telecommunication Unions: Pre-1980 – The British Printing Unions: 1980-1996 – The Australian Printing Unions: 1980-1996 – The British Telecommunication Unions: 1980-1996 – The Australian Telecommunication Unions: 1980-1996.