John Smith's settlement? The work of the 1992–93 Labour Party—Trade Union Links Review Group
本文考察了1992-93年英国工党与工会联系审查小组的工作,分析其提议是否构成党内关系的新持久和解,发现早期1990年代党-工会关系存在显著对抗,审查小组工作未达成持久和解。
Abstract In this article, I examine the work of the 1992–93 Labour Party Trade Union Links Review Group. I ask whether the measures it proposed amounted to a new, durable settlement that governed internal relationships within the party. I detail disagreements amongst trade unions over the format that parliamentary selections should take; I evaluate the demands for reform of the party‐union link; I ask whether support for reform and for one member, one vote was falling in the early 1990s; I consider whether unions launched a ‘no say no pay campaign’ with regard to the Labour Party; I assess how much restraint was demonstrated at this time by Labour's affiliated unions and I consider what might have been at stake in these debates more generally. I conclude that there was considerable antagonism in party‐union relations during the early 1990s and that the work of the review group did not amount to an enduring settlement.