Study title

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The purpose of this survey was to monitor the effects, at workplace level, of changes in legislation in the industrial relations field; also the changes which may have taken place in the structure and procedure of employing organisations and trade unions.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
(Data were collected from managers, foremen, employees, shop stewards and trade union full-time officers. The Archive, however, holds only the data from trade union officers.)
Trade union officers
Responsibilities at workplace including: no. of members/stewards for whom responsible, extent and type of contact, no. and purpose of meetings, degree of efficacy felt, type of issues discussed, satisfaction with communication opportunities, contact with officers from other unions.
Relations with management including: amount of contact, type of issues raised, areas of disagreement, opinion of management.
Also, existence of and satisfaction with written agreements, attitude to strikes and other forms of pressure, assessment of stewards' work, amount of consultation and agreement/disagreement over proposals for change. Assessment of climate of industrial relations.
Background Variables
Official title, which union, length of service, total no. of members for whom responsible, age, sex.