Monograph on the nature and machinery of productivity-based collective bargaining in the UK, with particular reference to the implications thereof for labour relations - includes theoretical aspects and trends, and covers management problems, wage policy, income distribution, employment security, workers participation, etc. References.

Assessing the reaction of trade unions to innovation, this revisionist study asserts that unions do not, in fact, obstruct change as often as is commonly assumed. In a detailed analysis of industrial innovations and labor relations, Willman examines three major industries that have experienced abnormal problems in both the U.S. and Great Britain: the port, newspaper, and automotive industries. The explanation for this pattern isolates the close relationship--in the U. S. and Great Britain--between technological and organized change.

Collective bargaining and workers’ voice are often discussed in the past rather than in the future tense, but can they play a role in the context of a rapidly changing world of work? This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the functioning of collective bargaining systems and workers’ voice arrangements across OECD countries, and new insights on their effect on labour market performance today.

Study of the development of productivity-based collective bargaining in the UK - examines the impact of incomes policy, the negotiation and implementation of collective agreements, wage payment systems, the effects of government policy, etc., comments on various case histories, and considers implications for the future and for the USA. References and statistical tables.

Anthology of readings on collective bargaining and labour productivity, with particular reference to the USA - covers definitions, productivity bargaining in the private sector and the public sector, management attitudes and trade union attitudes, wages control, etc., and examines the situation in Western Europe. References.

Case study of productivity-based collective bargaining in the iron and steel industry of the UK to illustrate its effects on economic growth and wage structure - covers the role of trade unions, labour force problems, competition, the elimination of restrictive practices, etc. Bibliography pp. Xi to xiv and statistical tables.