Abstract
Economic governance: sectoral collective bargaining
Highlights
The Institute of Employment Rights has advocated for the re-introduction of sectoral bargaining for many years.7 It was, after all, the dominant form of industrial relations for three-quarters of a century in the UK
We focus on the question of how the proposal for sectoral collective bargaining can be ‘rolled out’ in practice
Sectoral collective bargaining helps make for a more stable and committed workforce. Another important consequence of sectoral collective bargaining is that the commercial advantage in importing cheap labour from abroad is eliminated since all workers are entitled to the same minimum rate for the same job irrespective of nationality
Summary
The Institute of Employment Rights has advocated for the re-introduction of sectoral bargaining for many years.7 It was, after all, the dominant form of industrial relations for three-quarters of a century in the UK. At the 2017 general election, the Labour Party manifesto, For the Many not the Few, undertook to ‘roll out sectoral collective bargaining – because the most effective way to maintain good rights at work is collectively through a union’. It was not explained how the roll-out would be achieved. The IER Manifesto for Labour Law in 2016 had, proposed the roll-out of sectoral collective bargaining.
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