The paper reviews industrial relations developments in Britain during 1999 by assessing how New Labour's policy commitment to encouraging "partnership" is developing in practice. After a discussion of the Employment Relations Act, it considers the wider influence of European legislation. It then...

China is experiencing a rapid expansion of what is termed ‘collective bargaining’. The article draws on workplace and sectoral examples to assess what underlies this. Recent changes in labour policy are outlined. Four studies at establishment level describe the use of hybrid representation...

The current popularity of 'partnership' in workplace industrial relations raises the question of the durability of such arrangements. This article investigates the stability of cooperative employer-union relationships by means of case studies. It analyses perceptions of the experience of...

Books reviewed: Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman, and John McIlroy, British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics Vol I: The Post-War Compromise, 1945-64. Vol II: The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964-79 Jack Eaton, Comparative Employment Relations Robert Taylor, The TUC: From the General Strike to...

We report how trade unions and employers initially reacted to the introduction of the statutory recognition procedure in the Employment Relations Act 1999 (ERA). Interview data indicate that the ERA and the drift of EU influence have acted to shift employer attitudes towards greater approval of...

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