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Procedures and Third Parties
Author(s) -
Kessler Sid
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1993.tb00390.x
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , industrial relations , commission , balance (ability) , power (physics) , perception , bargaining power , intervention (counseling) , third party , labor relations , political science , business , political economy , labour economics , economics , law , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , psychiatry , internet privacy , computer science
Procedural reform, with the help of third‐party intervention, was at the heart of the Donovan Commission's recommendations. This paper looks at what happened since then, and why. In the 1970s considerable progress was made, although this was hidden from public perception by a number of economic and industrial relations traumas. In the 1980s, with the swing in the balance of power to employers, change was often imposed, rather than negotiated, and the role of third parties diminished. The proportion of workplaces recognizing unions and the proportion of employees covered by collective bargaining was much reduced. Formal procedures remained in place, but this hid major changes in the conduct of workplace industrial relations.