Letter to the Observer here. All the usual tosh from all the usual suspects. Just about the entire economics department from SOAS. Prem Sikka (yes, they are counting an accountant as an economist), R. Murphy (ditto), the bird who writes Gaian Economics, various nef-ites, Gregor Gall (professor of industrial relations I think, not an economist?).

Archaic industrial relations tactics are totally counter productive to securing any kind of public support

David Cameron will host general secretaries from some of the main unions at Downing Street to try to keep lines of communication open as industrial relations look set to worsen

Second only to the Granita pact in the list of most memorable New Labour meals is surely Stephen Byers’ fish supper of 1996. Labour’s frontbench spokesman on industrial relations was in Blackpool for the TUC conference, and speaking to journalists over a restaurant meal, expressed the opinion that the party should cut ties with the

Too many of those directly engaged in industrial relations regard it as all a bit of a laugh. As a journalist who has covered numerous disputes ever since the 1980s, I know plenty of union officials and employer reps who get a kick out of showing what a clever clogs they can be across the

The TUC Conference rumbles on with some rather blood-curdling statements about the future of industrial relations in Britain.  The RMT leader Bob Crow called for a campaign of civil disobedience and spoke of ‘confronting... the enemy’.  The PCS’ Mark Serwotka has spoken of a ‘campaign of resistance the likes of which we will not have seen in this country for decad...

Changes to strike ballots should be made as part of the "modernisation" of industrial relations, a think tank says

If the threats of the public sector union leaders are anything to go by, we are in for the most turbulent period of industrial relations in decades, says Philip Johnston.

by Gregor Gall. [readers are encouraged to comment over at Guardian CiF, to challenge the anti-union sentiments] The striking down of the RMT union’s proposed action against Network Rail continues a very worrying trend in industrial relations in Britain. Given the injunction against Unite in the British Airways dispute last December and many other recent examples, it

Leading industrial relations academics sent this letter to the Guardian condemning BA’s tactics. Dear Editor, As academics in the field of employment relations our expertise includes the analysis of the causes, process and outcomes of industrial disputes and particularly the dynamics of strike action. Given the near certainty of further strikes (Follow-up strike will go ahead says