摘要:The paper uses two data sources to map trends in resource availability for trade
unions in Britain. Union resources exist on the one hand in the form of
subscription income and accumulated assets shown in union accounts and, on the
other, establishment level resources provided by employers and union members.
The paper documents a substantial decline in both forms of resource across the
period 1990 -2004 and attempts to explain both the reasons for this decline and
its consequences for employee representation in Britain.