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The changing nature of labour regulation: the distinctiveness of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry
Author(s) -
Clarke Linda,
Fitzgerald Ian
Publication year - 2020
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/irj.12280
Subject(s) - optimal distinctiveness theory , agency (philosophy) , agreement , collective agreement , business , political science , industrial organization , labour economics , economics , sociology , collective bargaining , psychology , social science , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract The article addresses the changing nature of labour regulation through analysis of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry, originating in 1981. It shows how multiple spatial regulatory scales, the changing coalitions of actors involved, employer and client engagement and labour agency have been critical to National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry's survival.