Teachers' work and teacher unions: the global context -- Transforming the school workforce in England: the road to remodelling -- Research methods: processes, issues and implications -- Setting the agenda: the emergence and significance of 'social partnership' at the national level -- Industrial relations in transition: the changing role of local authorities -- Transforming the primary school workforce -- Workforce remodelling in secondary schools: towards extended, accountable management -- Workforce remodelling: transforming teaching? -- Industrial relations and trade union renewal, rapprochement or resistance.