Klappentext

The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain (1973) examines the evolution of the central institution of the British industrial relations system - collective bargaining. This book looks at collective bargaining through the most significant joint attempts made by trade unionists and employers to understand and improve it.

Inhalt

Part 1. The Industrial Council, 1911-13 1. The Origins of the Industrial Council 2. The Industrial Council 3. The Council Assessed Part 2. The Whitley Committee, Report and Scheme, 1916-39 4. The Origins of the Scheme 5. The Whitley Committee, the First Interim Report and its Reception 6. The Joint Industrial Councils Scheme 7. The Establishment and Organisation of the J.I.C.s 8. Understanding Work of the Councils 9. The J.I.C.s as Full and Efficient Collective Bargaining Agents: Arguments and Procedures 10. The J.I.C.s as Full but Less Efficient Bargaining Agents: Arguments and Procedures 11. The J.I.C.s as Partial Collective Bargaining Agents 12. Other Activities of the Councils 13. The Whitley Councils and Government Policy on Industrial Relations 14. The Whitley Scheme Assessed Part 3. The National Industrial Conference, 1919-21 15. The Origins of the Conference 16. The Conference and its Provisional Joint Committee 17. The Conference Assessed Part 4. The Conference on Industrial Reorganisation and Industrial Relations, 1928-9 18. The Origins of the Conference 19. The Conference and its Joint Subcommittee, 1928-9 20. The C.I.R.R. Assessed 21. The Evolution of the Norms and Institutions of Collective Bargaining, 1911-39