Work
1974-5: research associate, University of Hull
1975-88: research officer, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation
1988-2004: political economy reference author, adult education and study abroad lecturer
2004-2014: director of London programmes, AHA International
2014-: reviewer and political commentator
Publications
Books
Trades Unions of the World (in several editions,…)
Employers’ Organisations of the World
Trades Unions and Employers’ Organisations of the World
Cassell Dictionary of Modern Britain (contributor)
Tempered – Not Quenched (a history of the ISTC)
A Visitor’s Britain
Articles
Passages on the path to privatisation: the experience of British Steel
Industrial Relations Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2, June 1990, Pages: 87–97,
Article first published online : 1 JUL 2007, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1990.tb00843.x
British Steel: retrospect and prospect
Industrial Relations Journal
Volume 11, Issue 3, September 1980, Pages: 5–21, Martin Upham
Article first published online : 1 JUL 2007, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1980.tb00318.x
Fabian Pamphlet
(with Tom Wilson) Natural allies: Labour and the Unions (1990)
Reviews
Bulletin of the Society for the Study of Labour History
John Lanchester, Capital, London Literary Journal http://www.literarylondon.org/london-journal/spring2013/upham.html
Letters
The Times
Financial Times
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