ABSTRACT
At six of the seven collieries considered within this study, management has adopted a unitary approach to industrial relations, although significant variations in the vigour with which this approach has been applied are evident (Figure 9.1). Management has taken a particularly robust attitude towards organised labour at Workham colliery, where all the mining unions have been de-recognised, and where industrial relations have been de-collectivised. At Dearnley and Mansthorpe, the managerial stance in relation to the trade unions has been only marginally less rigorous, since de-recognition has taken place on a selective, rather than general basis, but management has nevertheless sought to de-collectivise labour relations at these collieries also. Management at Abergoed, Donborough and Nottston collieries, whilst continuing to operate within a unitary framework, have adopted a less hostile attitude towards organised labour. At these collieries the trade unions have again been de-recognised on a selective basis, and the unions have experienced varying degree of marginalisation, but management has not attempted to de-collectivise industrial relations.
