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Works council and trade unions: complementary or competitive? The case of SAGCo.
Author(s) -
Watling Derek,
Snook Jeremé
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1111/1468-2338.00272
Subject(s) - directive , representation (politics) , trade union , industrial relations , business , non union , period (music) , accounting , international trade , management , political science , economics , law , politics , physics , computer science , acoustics , programming language , medicine , surgery
This longitudinal case study in a Japanese owned manufacturing company examines the relationship between union‐based representation and organisation and other forms of employee voice. The study covers the period before and after the passage of the Employment Relations Act 1999. During that period the Company voluntarily agreed to the recognition of an independent trade union at the same time as abandoning a pre‐existing employee works council and its replacement by a Japanese‐style company advisory board. The study investigates, inter alia , how far, and to what extent the inpending EU directive establishing mechanisms for employee information and consultation could influence existing trade union representation and organisation.