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Comparatively open: statutory information disclosure for consultation and bargaining in Germany, France and the UK

Gospel, Howard; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Information provision is an important part of all mechanisms which give employees voice at work. This paper considers the law on information disclosure for joint consultation and collective bargaining in three countries, Germany, France, and the UK, chosen for their distinctive legal and...

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New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition

Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

with the idea that the incoming Labour government had a positive effect on the ability of unions to gain recognition …

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What voice do British workers want?

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

. Workers with greater workplace needs are more desirous of unions but their preferences are fine-grained. Workers want unions … to negotiate wages and work conditions and for protection but do not see unions as helping them progress in their careers …. Many workers see no major workplace problems that would impel them to form or join unions. Unionism raises reported …

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Employee voice and private sector workplace outcomes in Britain, 1980-2004

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Kretschmer, Tobias; Willman, P. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employee voice in the British private sector. This paper provides a framework for examining the relationship between employee voice and workplace outcomes that explains this development. As exit-voice theory...

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Wage bargaining and the boundaries of the multinational firm

Bas, Maria; Carluccio, Juan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

intermediate inputs to external suppliers when importing from countries with empowered unions. Moreover, this effect is stronger …

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The union wage premium in the US and the UK

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents evidence of both counter-cyclical and secular decline in the union membership wage premiu m in the US and the UK over the last couple of decades. The premium has fallen for most groups of workers, the main exception being public sector workers in the US. By the beginning of...

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Wage distributions by bargaining regime: linked employer-employee data evidence from Germany

Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

, and individual and firm-level wage regressions. Unions’ impact through collective and firm-level bargaining mainly works …

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The comparative advantage of non-union voice in Britain, 1980-2004

Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex; Kretschmer, Tobias; Gomez, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employee voice in the British private sector. This study explains this development by providing a framework for examining the relationship between employee voice and workplace outcomes. Voice is associated...

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Trading places: employers, unions and the manufacture of voice

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice – especially union-only voice – has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice...

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Union density and varieties of coverage: the anatomy of union wage effects in Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Lembcke, Alexander - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining coverage is much higher than union density; and not all employees in a covered firm are necessarily covered. This institutional setup suggests to distinguish explicitly union...

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