From Subservience To Strike: Industrial Relations In The Banking Industry
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A rigorous work of industrial relations history and labor studies, this volume chronicles the dramatic transformation of the banking workforce from a culture of deference and employer dependency to one of organized collective action and industrial militancy. John Hill traces the structural and ideological shifts that reshaped the relationship between bank employees and their employers, detailing how workers who were once expected to embody loyalty and professional subservience gradually embraced trade unionism and the right to strike. Drawing on historical evidence and labor theory, the analysis presents the banking industry as a compelling case study in the broader evolution of white-collar unionism, illustrating how economic pressures, changing workplace conditions, and shifting social attitudes converged to radicalize a traditionally conservative workforce. The tone is scholarly yet accessible, grounding its arguments in careful empirical research while maintaining a clear narrative arc that makes the subject compelling for both academics and general readers interested in labor history. From Subservience to Strike stands as an authoritative account of how power dynamics within one of the world's most conservative industries were fundamentally and irrevocably challenged.
Author: John Hill
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, University of Queensland Press
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A rigorous work of industrial relations history and labor studies, this volume chronicles the dramatic transformation of the banking workforce from a culture of deference and employer dependency to one of organized collective action and industrial militancy. John Hill traces the structural and ideological shifts that reshaped the relationship between bank employees and their employers, detailing how workers who were once expected to embody loyalty and professional subservience gradually embraced trade unionism and the right to strike. Drawing on historical evidence and labor theory, the analysis presents the banking industry as a compelling case study in the broader evolution of white-collar unionism, illustrating how economic pressures, changing workplace conditions, and shifting social attitudes converged to radicalize a traditionally conservative workforce. The tone is scholarly yet accessible, grounding its arguments in careful empirical research while maintaining a clear narrative arc that makes the subject compelling for both academics and general readers interested in labor history. From Subservience to Strike stands as an authoritative account of how power dynamics within one of the world's most conservative industries were fundamentally and irrevocably challenged.