Privatization and Employment Relations: The Case of the Water Industry (Employment and Work Relations in Context) - Hardcover

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This book shows how work organization and employment relations in one of Britain's newly privatized water companies (here referred to by the fictional name of 'Albion Water'), and in one of the firms of contractors it employs, were rapidly and radically transformed in preparation for, and subsequent to, privatization.
After providing a historical overview of the development of the water industry in Britain and examining employment relations in 'Albion Water' during the 1980s, the author explains the management's rationale for change and shows how the new work structure reflects its imposition in a political climate that was especially unfavourable to labour. The employees who remain at 'Albion' now find themselves working harder and longer, often under worse conditions for less money.
This book challenges the widely accepted view that employment relations are determined primarily by the nature of work tasks. In the case of 'Albion Water', changes to employment relations cannot be explained without reference to the wider economic and political context in which they were instituted.

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