Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations: A Comparative Studies

Employers' Associations and Industrial Relations: A Comparative Studies

In almost all Western industrialized country, employers associations hold a key position in industrial relations. They represent their members in collective bargaining, co-ordinate employer strategy during strikes and lock- outs, offer a wide range of technical and legal services, and often maintain a powerful lobby to defend and promote employer interests, Yet the scholarly literature in industrial relations has so far paid little attention to them. This book helps to fill this significant gap in literature. It is first to examine comparatively the role of employers' associations in the industrial relations systems of western industrial democracies and to document the widely shared view that they are important components of that system.

Ten of the twelve chapters covers individual countries: Britain, USA, Australia, Sweden, the Federal republic of Germany, the Netherlands. France, Italy, Israel and Japan. Each is written by an outstanding specialist and typically follows a common sequence: the overall context in which employers' associations; their history, present structure; and administration; functions of central employer's federations and individual industry associations; and prospective developments. Two comparative chapters, written by the editors of this volume who both have well established reputation in this field, identify and examine in depth certain common themes emerging from the country studies. This book should be valuable to teachers, students, and practitioners of industrial relations, business administration, and social sciences in all parts of the industrialized world.

John P. Windmuller and Alan Gladstone

Clarendon Press

1984

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