What has been happening to collective bargaining under New Labour? Interpreting WERS 2004

Brown, William and Nash, David Roger ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-2231 2008. What has been happening to collective bargaining under New Labour? Interpreting WERS 2004. Industrial Relations Journal 39 (2) , pp. 91-103. 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2007.00479.x

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Abstract

The late 20th century saw the rapid decline of collective bargaining, which had hitherto been the dominant means of regulation of employment in Britain. The article uses a comparison of the Workplace Employment Relations Surveys for 1998 and 2004 to assess how far this changed during the later period of economic growth and sympathetic labour legislation. Contrary to expectations, the data show that collective bargaining coverage has continued to fall, although much of this decline is concentrated in small firms in the private sector. The article goes on to analyse the recent change at sectoral level and examines evidence on the extent to which the character, as well as the extent, of collective bargaining had changed. The locus of management decision making has continued to move down organisations, both where collective bargaining occurs and also where unions are absent. Finally, the article evaluates how the perceptions of those involved in the bargaining process have shifted at a time of greatly diminished trade union influence.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D204 Modern History D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Publisher:	Wiley Blackwell
ISSN:	0019-8692
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 09:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/22290

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