Purpose: The article focuses on the role that ‘confidential information’ plays in relation to the work of board-level worker representatives, and their interaction with other worker participation mechanisms. Thus, the purpose of the paper is to explore the implications of confidentiality of...

The paper explains the operation of the Joint Labor Committee ('wage council') system and locates it within the Irish industrial relations model. The article goes on to describe why the validity of the JLC system began to be questioned and the reasons giving rise to challenges to it before the...

This article examines the state of the law relating to trade union rights to negotiate on behalf of members employed in Irish firms where the employer refuses to recognise the union(s) in question. The article examines the operation of the Industrial Relations Amendment Acts 2001-2004, which...

This chapter explores the extent to which the impact of structural labour market changes and the discourse of ‘new individualism' are reflected in the attitudes, experiences and activities of Irish trade union members in the workplace. Drawing on case study data from two work sites in the...

This paper presents empirical data on the perceptions of national level social partnership in Ireland. It looks at the impact of the Irish social partnership process on the union-member relationship and the implications of the different views at workplace level of national partnership agreements

This article examines the key factors behind the collapse of the Irish social partnership process in 2010 and looks at some of the broader implications that can be drawn. It categorises the process as being driven by extreme pragmatism, rather than ideological conviction, on the part of the main...