Worker voice in the context of the re-regulation of employment

Employer tactics and statutory union recognition in the UK

Bibliographic Data

ID2373200
AuthorsRobert Perrett (University of Bradford, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume21
Issue4
Pages617-634
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017007082873
OpenAlexW1977121937
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

Since the introduction of the statutory recognition procedure the vast majority of new agreements have been voluntary in nature, yet increasingly employers are using this ambiguous state regulation as a means of avoiding recognition.The legislation allows for the game of voluntarism to be enshrined within the micro level politics and social relationships of work and employment: it crystallizes the culture and history of voluntarism in the regulation itself. It is, in effect, ironic in how it balances change with tradition. It makes the new regulation pliable and difficult to see as a step to a state-led approach.There is a resistant trend to unions generally even if recognition cases may vary in terms of employer orientations.This article focuses on such issues by addressing a broader understanding of regulation through an ethnographic case study analysis

Context (archaeology · Economics · Labour economics · Labour law · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Statutory law · Trade union · Voluntarism (philosophy · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Industrial Relations

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