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Blair Government Changes
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Approach
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Rejected militance and industrial
disruption of early 1970s
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Sought to bring about partnerships
between unions and employer
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Series of laws on both IR and
employment issues
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EU Policy Directives
Sought to bring about partnerships between unions and employer (BLW)
Series of laws on both IR and employment issues
Including Employment Relations Acts of 1999, 2002 and 2004
EU Policy Directives
Some of changes motivated by various EU policy directives including those on discrimination, family life and working time
Blair Government signed EU Social Charter which Conservative Government had refused to do