Structure Of Collective Bargaining Research Articles

INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND WAGE RIGIDITY IN THE UK, 1880-1985

In this paper we examine the structure of wage determination in Britain since 1880. The wage set ting process has often been seen as one element of Britain's poor long-run performance which has circumscribed the economy' s ability to adjust to macroeconomic shocks, inhibited the effective use of demand management policy and perhaps contributed to its inability to sustain faster growth. Recent studies have attempted to trace differences in wage rigidity between countries in the last two decades to differing institutional structures including the level at which collective bargaining takes place, the extent of public intervention and the degree of indexation of wages to prices.1 Such distinctions are thought to emerge as the result of the evolution of institutions and of the economy itself. Here we examine the changing institutional background to wage determination since 1880 focussing both on the structure of collective bargaining and the criteria for wage setting. We then turn to an examination of trends and fluctuations in real and money wages and analyse the deter minants of the real wage using a simple time series wage equation. The paper concludes by relating differences in wage performance to institutional change in the light of recent theories.

WHO WANTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE FIRST PLACE?

This paper considers certain international differences in organizational and bargaining costs using an extended model of industrial relations sketched at the outset. In this model, the prevailing preferences of a nation's workers vis‐a‐vis radical alternatives to capitalism, collective bargaining, and nonunion industrial relations constitute a critical determinant of employer recognition of collective bargaining (or resistance thereto) and of the structure, scope and economic performance of collective bargaining. The analysis also suggests that various economic and political developments during the postwar era might have combined to devalue the social role of traditional collective bargaining and to generate renewed interest in alternative systems of determining labor income.

Trade union policies on new technology: facing the challenges of the 1980s

Although trade unions have generally agreed TUC policy on new technology, they found it difficult to follow policy and make acceptance conditional. Economic circumstances, employer strategies and the structure of trade unions and collective bargaining, constrain the realisation of policy objectives. But there are also weaknesses in the policies themselves and the resources trade unions dedicate to new technology.

The dilemma of youth unemployment: Trade union responses in the federal republic of Germany, the UK and France

The high political salience of youth unemployent in European countries is not matched by a prompt coherent and concerted response by trade unions. In particular, measures to ease the transition from school to working life have evoked very mixed reactions. Aspects of the national trade union movements themselves are important determinants of this situation: political alignment and the legitimacy of their policy‐making role; financial, membership, and organisational resources; the structure and practice of collective bargaining, and finally, relations with other organisations representing youth. The three countries examined ‐ West Germany, Britain and France ‐ show that although the trade unions concerned are aware of the problems, they differ in their capacity to take effective action.

Recent trends in collective bargaining in Nigeria

During the 1970s Nigerian industrial relations moved away from the voluntarist tradition into much greater formalisation of processes and practices. This article describes the present structure and scope of collective bargaining in Nigeria in the light of this development.

The trend of strikes in coal mining 1949–1979

Explanations for the pattern of strike activity in British coal mining have focused upon the industry's changing economic fortunes or developments in its collective bargaining structure. The author examines these explanations and suggests four additional factors that account for the trend of coal mining strikes.

A return to incomes policy?*

The Government's continuing difficulties in controlling the money supply and determination to use cash limits to control the level of public sector pay settlements have renewed cause for a return to a form of incomes policy covering both the public and private sectors. In this article Brian Towers examines the nature of incomes policy and the importance of comparability and collective bargaining structure in its implementation and discusses the form which a viable future policy should take.

The Regulatory Process and Labor Earnings.

The Regulatory Process and Labor Earnings focuses on one form of government intervention in the marketplace—state regulation of public utilities. This book provides the most comprehensive study of labor costs in a regulated industry and includes a summary of a major econometric study. This text addresses a number of related issues, such as the effect of regulatory process to the structure of collective bargaining and labor earnings in regulated industries, legal rights of state utility commissions to deny proposed rate increases that are based on excessive upturns in labor cost, and incentive schemes that can be used to encourage public utilities to hold down labor and non-labor cost increases. This publication is a good reference for students and individuals involved in the regulatory process.

Employment and Unemployment Issues in the 1970s

Introduction This monograph examines developments in the British labour market during the 1970s and in particular the impact of the unusual combination of high inflation and high unemployment that characterised the period. The reasons for the current high rates of unemployment are examined, and government attempts to ameliorate the problem reviewed. A growing labour force will make the Government's task more difficult and the main trends in labour supply during the seventies are described; changes in differentials and in the dispersion of earnings are evaluated and the effects of inflation and incomes policies assesed. Finally we analyse perhaps the most important area for policy‐makers, developments in the collective bargaining structure and in the role of trade unions.

Determinants of the Collective Bargaining Structure of White-Collar Workers with Special Reference to Engineers

(1979). Determinants of the Collective Bargaining Structure of White-Collar Workers with Special Reference to Engineers. Journal of East and West Studies: Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 119-143.

Union Influence and the Swedish Phillips Curve

Almost without exception studies of the relationship between rates of wage inflation and unemployment levels have failed to specifically consider the influence of trade unions. The extent of organisation within the labour force is either ignored, or assumed to be reflected in the size of the estimated coefficients of the so-called Phillips curve. Jacobsson & Lindbeck (1969), in their study of Swedish data for 1955-67, are able to ignore the unionization problem because of their short sample period during which it could be safely assumed that labour force organisation and the structure of collective bargaining had remained relatively unchanged. The main problem with the Jacobsson-Lindbeck sample period-apart from the lack of degrees of freedom in their estimated equations-is the small degree of variation in their labour market variable, the level of unemployment. Despite the important role found for this variable-it is the only statistically significant variable in the JacobssonLindbeck wage equation-one has little confidence in an estimated Phillips curve for which the range of the unemployment variable is only from 1.1 % to 2.5 %. In this paper both the slope and position of the Phillips curve are assumed to be functions of the degree of labour force organisation (as measured by the extent of unionization). Equations are then estimated for the period 1911-72much longer than the Jacobsson-Lindbeck timespan. The model developed is aggregate in nature. No attempt is made to incorporate the ideas of, for example, Edgren, Faxen and Odhner (1969), concerning the and sheltered sectors of the economy. To incorporate such ideas would require the development of disaggregated models similar to those in the later paper of Jacobsson & Lindbeck (1971). The present model is not however, necessarily in conflict with the sectoral model. In the Edgren-Faxen-Odhner model it is the room available for wage and profit increases in the competitive sector which is determined by international price movements and domestic productivity increases. Actual wage increases in the competitive sector and hence in the economy as a whole are assumed to be the

LABOR MARKET STRUCTURE AND UNION WAGE LEVELS

This paper uses disaggregated data taken from union collective bargaining agreements to test several hypotheses on the impact of labor market structure on the wage levels of union members in U. S. manufacturing. The structure of collective bargaining, specifically the bargaining unit, is shown to play an important role in the determination of wage levels although this role is in some cases different than has generally been believed.

Wage Determination in the Public Sector

This study provides evidence that wages in the public sector tend to be higher than in the private sector for most blue-collar jobs and lower level white-collar jobs, but salaries are generally lower in the public sector for managerial and professional occupations. The authors argue that these differentials, many of which are accentuated by differences in fringe benefits and job security, can be explained in large part by a combination of two factors: the discretion that public employers must exercise in implementing the prevailing wage rule adopted by most cities and larger government units, and the nature of the political forces that affect governmental wage decisions. Careful attention should be given to the evolving structure of collective bargaining in the public sector.

The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining

The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining

The Relation of Power to the Structure and Process of Collective Bargaining

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Relation of Power to the Structure and Process of Collective BargainingE. R. LivernashE. R. Livernash Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Law and Economics Volume 6Oct., 1963 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/466590 Views: 18Total views on this site Citations: 15Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1966 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Stefan Zagelmeyer The employer's perspective on collective bargaining centralization: an analytical framework, The International Journal of Human Resource Management 16, no.99 (Sep 2005): 1623–1639.https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190500239150Scott M. Fuess Strike strategies and the minimum effective union, Journal of Labor Research 11, no.11 (Mar 1990): 59–72.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685420JOHN M. ABOWD, JOSEPH S. TRACY Market Structure, Strike Activity, and Union Wage Settlements, Industrial Relations 28, no.22 (Mar 1989): 227–250.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1989.tb00867.xTerry L. Leap, David W. Grigsby Reply, ILR Review 41, no.44 (Jul 1988): 622–626.https://doi.org/10.1177/001979398804100411Paula B. Voos Union organizing expenditures: Determinants and their implications for union growth, Journal of Labor Research 8, no.11 (Mar 1987): 19–30.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685141Peter Cappelli Bargaining Structure and Wage Outcomes in the British Coal Industry, Industrial Relations 26, no.22 (Mar 1987): 127–145.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1987.tb00699.xTerry L. Leap, David W. Grigsby A Conceptualization of Collective Bargaining Power, ILR Review 39, no.22 (Jan 1986): 202–213.https://doi.org/10.1177/001979398603900203Marie-Paule Donsimoni Pouvoir et pluralisme du mouvement syndical: Le cas des Etats-Unis, Recherches économiques de Louvain 51, no.22 (Aug 2016): 153–174.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0770451800082506Bruce E. Kaufman The determinants of strikes over time and across industries, Journal of Labor Research 4, no.22 (Jun 1983): 159–175.https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685174Marie-Paule Donsimoni, Robert Shakotko Industry variance in the relative union wage differential, European Economic Review 18, no.22 (Jan 1982): 305–324.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(82)80043-3Marie-Paule Donsimoni Union power and the American labour movement, Applied Economics 13, no.44 (Jul 2006): 449–464.https://doi.org/10.1080/00036848100000012WALLACE Hendricks LABOR MARKET STRUCTURE AND UNION WAGE LEVELS, Economic Inquiry 13, no.33 (Sep 1975): 401–416.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1975.tb00257.xLloyd Ulman CONNECTIVE BARGAINING AND COMPETITIVE BARGAINING, Scottish Journal of Political Economy 21, no.22 (Jun 1974): 97–109.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.1974.tb00182.xJohn B. Simeone Catalogue of Documents, (Jan 1967): 1–206.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5235-6_1 Arnold R. Weber The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Bargaining Power: Foreign Experiences, The Journal of Law and Economics 6 (Oct 2015): 79–151.https://doi.org/10.1086/466593

The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Bargaining Power: Foreign Experiences

The Structure of Collective Bargaining and Bargaining Power: Foreign Experiences

Book Review:The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives. Arnold R. Weber

Book Review:The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives. Arnold R. Weber

The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives.

The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives.

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives

Book Review: Labor-Management Relations: The Structure of Collective Bargaining: Problems and Perspectives