The New Industrial Relations

British Electricians' New-Style Agreements

Bibliographic Data

ID3344037
AuthorsLeonard Rico (corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume41
Issue1
Pages63-78
Publication date1987-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979398704100106
OpenAlexW1982955322
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

This study analyzes the response of the British Electricians' Union to economic adversity, and to new managerial strategies, as embodied in the union's novel agreements in three Japanese-owned British electronics firms. These agreements provide that the union is the sole bargaining representative in each firm; most British plants, by contrast, have multiple-union representation. Most of the new-style agreements also contain a no-strike clause, final-offer arbitration of interest disputes, and measures to increase labor flexibility, reduce the diversity in conditions among plant, office, and managerial employees, and enhance employee participation in major company decisions. The author views these agreements as evidence that fundamental changes in collective bargaining relationships are taking place

Arbitration · Archaeology · Bargaining power · Business · Collective bargaining · Diversity (politics) · Economics · Embodied cognition · Flexibility (engineering) · Industrial organization · International trade · Labour economics · Management · Market economy · Political science · Representation (politics) · Style (visual arts) · Trade union · Computer Science · History · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law