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Equality Bargaining: Where, Who, Why?
Author(s) -
Heery Edmund
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2006.00321.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , collective bargaining , context (archaeology) , labour economics , work (physics) , inequality , economics , bargaining power , cover (algebra) , function (biology) , trade union , microeconomics , political science , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , evolutionary biology , biology , engineering
It is common to identify a role for trade unions in combating sex inequality at work through collective bargaining. This article uses a survey of paid union officers to identify the context in which equality bargaining by unions is likely to occur, using the specific issue of bargaining on equal pay. It concludes that equality bargaining is a function of women’s voice within unions, the characteristics and preferences of bargainers themselves and of a favourable public policy environment. Bargaining on equal pay is also more likely in centralized negotiations that cover multiple employers.