Decentralization of Collective Bargaining
Jackson, Michael P / Leopold, John W / Tuck, Kate / Shams, S M Riad
After reviewing the rise and decline of the UK system of industry wide collective bargaining, the authors use five detailed case studies to examine the process of decentralising bargaining from industry to single employer level. In each industry management's reasons for withdrawal, the union response, details of the new structures and the experience of operation of the new system are analysed. Finally, the five industries are compared and cont...