Workplace partnership has attracted considerable attention from the academic community in recent years, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries. There has also been considerable debate as to the diffusion of workplace partnership in the Republic of Ireland, notwithstanding strong public policy...

Advocates and critics of partnership have advanced a series of theoretical arguments in respect of the potential consequences for unions working under partnership arrangements. These include centralised decision-making and the alienation of lay activists. In the case study examined here...