Pay And Productivity Bargaining

Monograph on the nature and machinery of productivity-based collective bargaining in the UK, with particular reference to the implications thereof for labour relations - includes theoretical aspects and trends, and covers management problems, wage policy, income distribution, employment security, workers participation, etc. References.

Collective bargaining and workers’ voice are often discussed in the past rather than in the future tense, but can they play a role in the context of a rapidly changing world of work? This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the functioning of collective bargaining systems and workers’ voice arrangements across OECD countries, and new insights on their effect on labour market performance today.

Case study of productivity-based collective bargaining in the iron and steel industry of the UK to illustrate its effects on economic growth and wage structure - covers the role of trade unions, labour force problems, competition, the elimination of restrictive practices, etc. Bibliography pp. Xi to xiv and statistical tables.

First published in 1971 The Nylon Spinners presents one of the few detailed and firsthand studies of the impact of productivity bargaining on the shop floor and makes an important contribution to the social and psychological understanding of human behaviour. Productivity bargaining has moved far beyond its earlier preoccupation with the wage-effort bargain. It is becoming increasingly apparent that it may have profound direct effects on the attitudes and expertise of managers, on the institutions and climate of industrial relations, and on the motivations and satisfactions of operatives. The problems of industrial relations are not the primary focus of this study. But the growing recognition of the gap between the formal and informal systems on the shop floor, and of the limitations of managerial control, emphasizes the importance of a deeper understanding of industrial behaviour. What motivates men not simply to go to work but to work to the best of their ability? This book is essential for students of the behavioral sciences, industrial relations, labour economics and economics in general.