1. Introduction: unions in the 1980s
2. The financial status of British trade unions 1950-1989
3. Financial differences between unions
4. The role of financial matters in union organisation
5. The politics of union finances
6. Union size, growth and financial performance
7. Strike activity and union finances
8. The National Union of Mineworkers: strikes and financial disaster
9. The GMB: merger and financial reform
10. The Amalgamated Engineering Union: back from the brink
11. The Banking, Insurance and Finance Union: competitive unionism and financial survival
12. The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Trade Union: accountability and financial control
13. Conclusions: union business and business unionism
Appendices
References.
