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Centralisation of Collective Bargaining in a Decade of Decentralisation: The Case of the Engineering Construction Industry
Author(s) -
Korczynski Marek
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00038
Subject(s) - centralisation , collective bargaining , decentralization , politics , process (computing) , economic system , economics , bargaining power , state (computer science) , market economy , law and economics , political economy , political science , microeconomics , law , computer science , operating system , algorithm
This article examines the sole recent case of the comprehensive centralisation of bargaining. This ‘exceptional’ case allows new light to be cast on existing trends in multi‐employer bargaining. The analysis suggests the importance of the state and unions as interlocutors in the political process of the determination of employer ‘interests’.