Create a 10 page essay paper that discusses The title is: Trade union density has undergone significant decline since 1979. Critically evaluate the reasons for this change in both the public and priva

Create a 10 page essay paper that discusses The title is: Trade union density has undergone significant decline since 1979. Critically evaluate the reasons for this change in both the public and private sector during this period, and assess the likely effects of the recent downturn in the eco.

These underpinnings include, among others, composition of union membership, business cycle, employers and the government, personal and job-related characteristic, industrial structure and union leadership. Notwithstanding, it is evident that the decline of UK trade unionism was, first and foremost, precipitated by the passage of anti-trade union legislations that began in the early 1980s and continued into the early 1990s.

The rise of the industrial revolution in England in the 18th century gave birth to trade unionism. Industrial machines were invented as a result of the discovery of steam and people crowded cities to work in factories. England’s war with France in the late 18th century and into the early 19th century, however, hurt the economy and the conditions in the factories became bad. To protect themselves, factory workers organised into unions. This began the rise of trade unionism peaking into the “golden age” of labour unions in the 1840s. As England entered into the second phase of the Industrial Revolution, the country’s railroad system was completed, staple industries grew and it became the world’s industrial center. Several legislations were passed during this period which favored the workers and unions, among them The Trade Union Act, which finally recognised unions as legal entities (Davis).

In 1918, union members numbered more than six million, bonding together to create the Labour Party. It was not until after the Second World War that the Labour Party became a power to reckon with when it took control of the Parliament through an overwhelming win (Erkine 2007, pp. 137-138). In the 1950s, manufacturing rose and the battle between manufacturers who wanted to thrive in the midst of a weakening economy and trade unionists who wanted better work terms emerged. The government, wary of the power of trade unions to hold massive strikes, gave in to the latter’s demands. This earned the trade unions