Abstract:
The General Council drew up the main part of the document six years earlier, and discussions since then had been protracted. The updated version includes the most recent Congress resolution (from 1978). The chapters are: 1974 policy statement; Recent developments in collective bargaining; Joint regulation in the private sector; Joint regulation in the public sector; Implications and recommendations; Proposals requiring legislation (Employment Protection Bill; Industrial democracy legislation: A new companies act; Nationalised Industries’ Statutes; Public services); The Bullock Committee of Inquiry and TUC supplementary evidence; The report of the Bullock Committee; The Government’s legislative proposals: The 1978 White Paper; General Council Consideration of the White Paper; TUC Labour Party Liaison Committee; 1978 TUC Congress resolution; Government’s legislative plans.
