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This book is first to concentrate on individual relations in the public sector, identifying the distinctive features of management organization, collective bargaining strikes, and dispute resolution. It offers not only an outline of the major…

In ‘Recasting Worker Involvement’ a group of authors especially Germany (Oldenburg) and Netherlands (Groningen) analyses recent trends in worker involvement and the actual condition of Rhinelander capitalism. In times of economic and financial…

This volume brings together a selection of contributions from expert academics and leading figures of the union itself, wherein the achievements and failures of UNISON since its creation in 1993, and the challenges it will face in the future, are…

This report, led by John Horgan of the Labour Court, addressed critical industrial relations in Dublin Port, recommending a reduction in the workforce to 120 dockers, which was later modified to increase redundancy payments. It aimed to resolve…

Report on Special Committee on Industrial Relations

A report by the Limerick Harbour Commissioners by Con Murphy in relation to the current stevedoring system with proposals of reorganisation, severance proposals, financial proposals, and a draft agreement on the working conditions.

This is an annual research series devoted to the examination of occupational stress, health and well-being, with particular emphasis on the multi-disciplinary nature of occupational stress. The intent is to pull together the various streams of…

Analysts are generally agreed: dramatic changes are unfolding in the character of work, managerial authority, and the employment relationship. However, there is little agreement as to precisely how such changes are reshaping people's working lives,…

The two studies on employer’s association in this research paper includes The functions and organization of employers' associations in selected industries by V.G. Munns and A survey of employers' association officials by W.E.J McCarthy.

The two studies in industrial relations in this research paper collection includes The Position of Women in Industry by Nancy Smear and Changing Wage Payment Systems by Robert B. McKersie.

The conference concerns how organisations, employees and their representatives cope with the changes that they face in today’s demanding competitive business environment. The conference was aimed at employers, trade unionists and others involved in…

The History of the LGPSU is not only the history of the trade union. It is also a history of the public service sector in independent Ireland and its often-difficult relationship with the estate. Born in the war of independence, the local government…

Sex Worker Union Organising is the first study of the emerging phenomenon of sex workers- prostitutes, exotic dancers such as lap dancers, porn models and actresses, and sex chatline workers – asserting that their economic activities are work and…

Britain’s most contentious industrial topic centers on the growing power and influence of shop stewards. This important and impartial study of their history and evaluation, and the problems now facing unions and management, is as necessary to…