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Social Partnership And Its Continuities, Brian Sheehan
Social Partnership And Its Continuities, Brian Sheehan
Irish Business Journal
Social partnership has long been pronounced ‘dead’ and buried, lamented by few. But thirty years on from the watershed Programme for National Recovery of 1987, the underlying influence of the 22-year construct is stronger than it might seem. How pay formation in the private and public sectors works today; how management-union disputes are resolved; how employers and trade unions engage; and how the social partners manage key industrial relations issues, all suggest important continuities with the partnership era.
Some Reflections On The Question Of ‘Finality’ In Irish Industrial Relations Disputes, Brian Sheehan
Some Reflections On The Question Of ‘Finality’ In Irish Industrial Relations Disputes, Brian Sheehan
Irish Business Journal
Trade unions in the private sector and the commercial semi-states have rejected voluntarist Labour Court recommendations in the industrial relations arena in a significant number of high-profile cases in recent times. Conversely, in parts of the public sector, there has been a move towards the adoption of binding dispute resolution systems. Brian Sheehan suggests that respect for the state’s dispute resolution agencies and need for expertise and experience in dispute management is as great as ever.
Workplace Justice Without Unions, Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, Douglas M. Mahony
Workplace Justice Without Unions, Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, Douglas M. Mahony
Employment Research Newsletter
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Workplace Justice Without Unions, Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, Douglas M. Mahony
Workplace Justice Without Unions, Hoyt N. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas, Douglas M. Mahony
Upjohn Press
Wheeler, Klaas, and Mahony provide a thorough analysis of organizational justice systems by exploring nonunion systems of workplace justice and comparing them with the union system, American courts, and systems in 11 other countries.
Two-Tier Compensation Structures: Their Impact On Unions, Employers, And Employees, James Martin, Thomas D. Heetderks
Two-Tier Compensation Structures: Their Impact On Unions, Employers, And Employees, James Martin, Thomas D. Heetderks
Upjohn Press
Martin conducted a study at a large company where its various wage tier systems allowed assessment of the long-term impact of tiers. Part of this study included the development of a survey designed to explore eight research questions related to tiers and to test five hypotheses of low-tier v. high-tier employees.
Saving Plants And Jobs: Union-Management Negotiations In The Context Of Threatened Plant Closing, Paul F. Gerhart
Saving Plants And Jobs: Union-Management Negotiations In The Context Of Threatened Plant Closing, Paul F. Gerhart
Upjohn Press
Gerhart uses a case study approach to examine why plants become economically inviable as well as how to prevent this from happening prematurely.
Union Organizing And Public Policy: Failure To Secure First Contracts, William N. Cooke
Union Organizing And Public Policy: Failure To Secure First Contracts, William N. Cooke
Upjohn Press
Investigates factors that explain why 25-30 percent of the time unions fail to obtain collective bargaining agreements after winning the right to negotiate.
Worker Participation And American Unions: Threat Or Opportunity, Thomas A. Kochan, Harry Charles Katz, Nancy R. Mower
Worker Participation And American Unions: Threat Or Opportunity, Thomas A. Kochan, Harry Charles Katz, Nancy R. Mower
Upjohn Press
A comprehensive analysis of the effects of QWL and other forms of worker participation on the collective bargaining process.
Union-Management Cooperation: Structure, Process, Impact, Michael H. Schuster
Union-Management Cooperation: Structure, Process, Impact, Michael H. Schuster
Upjohn Press
Presents the findings of a five-year study of the structure, process and impact of six forms of union-management programs aimed at improving productivity.