Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, Volume 13

01......Page 1
02......Page 3
03......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
PART-TIME WORK AND THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE......Page 9
EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT: STRUCTURAL OR A RESULT OF THE DRIVE TO MONETARY UNION?......Page 10
EUROPEAN MONETARY POLICY......Page 12
MEASURING THE EFFECT OF THE EMU THROUGH UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT......Page 15
MEASURING THE EFFECT OF THE EMU THROUGH RATES OF INFLATION......Page 19
MEASURING THE EFFECT OF THE EMU THROUGH CHANGES IN RATES OF INFLATION FROM 1992-1999......Page 20
POLICY PRESSURES IN COUNTRIES NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY EMU......Page 22
COUNTRIES WITH RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT UNAFFECTED BY THE EMU......Page 25
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 28
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION......Page 29
INTRODUCTION......Page 33
THE EFFECTS OF WORKING IN FSAS ON INCUMBENT WORKERS......Page 37
OTHER EFFECTS OF USING FSAs......Page 58
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 63
REFERENCES......Page 71
INTRODUCTION......Page 75
METHODOLOGY......Page 78
CASE BACKGROUND......Page 79
PEER REVIEW PROCEDURES......Page 81
NONUNION ARBITRATION PROCEDURES......Page 86
ANALYSIS......Page 93
CONCLUSION......Page 97
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 99
REFERENCES......Page 100
INTRODUCTION......Page 102
Reactive vs. Proactive Voice......Page 104
Is the Organisational Ombuds the First Step of a Grievance Procedure, or a Qualitatively Different Thing?......Page 106
Workplace Justice - Distributive, Procedural and Interactional......Page 107
Role and Principles......Page 108
Appointment, Cases and Functions......Page 109
Fit with Unions, Legal Framework, HR......Page 111
The Organisational Characteristics......Page 112
Characteristics and Methods of Operation of the Ombuds......Page 115
Interaction with Collective Institutions and Formal Procedures......Page 119
METHODS OF INVESTIGATION......Page 122
Incidence and Composition of Ombuds\' Cases......Page 123
Is the Ombuds Reactive or Proactive?......Page 126
Is the Ombuds the First Step in a Grievance Procedure, or an End in Itself?......Page 128
Outcomes for Individuals - Procedural and Interactional Justice......Page 129
Outcomes for the Organisations......Page 131
Comparison of Cost of Ombuds with Cost of Employment Tribunal......Page 135
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 137
REFERENCES......Page 139
BUILDING AND SUSTAINING LABOR-MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS: RECENT EXPERIENCES IN THE U.S.......Page 141
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON U.S. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS......Page 142
THE U.S. EXPERIENCE WITH PARTNERSHIPS......Page 144
RESEARCH METHODS......Page 146
Key Examples of Partnerships Studied......Page 147
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE FORMATION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND FAILURES OF PARTNERSHIPS......Page 148
Sustainability......Page 151
Failures......Page 155
CONCLUSION......Page 157
REFERENCES......Page 159
INTRODUCTION......Page 161
DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING, THE SURVEY AND THE SAMPLE......Page 163
DESCRIBING UNION AND EMPLOYER BEHAVIOUR DURING ORGANISING CAMPAIGNS......Page 166
Union Strategies......Page 167
Employer Strategies......Page 173
Discussion of Union and Employer Strategies......Page 178
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNION AND EMPLOYER STRATEGIES......Page 179
UNION AND EMPLOYER STRATEGIES AND ORGANISING CAMPAIGN SUCCESS......Page 181
Employer Strategies......Page 182
Union Strategies......Page 186
Control Variables......Page 187
CONCLUSIONS......Page 188
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 193
INTRODUCTION......Page 195
The First Campaign for Striker Replacement Legislation, 1991-1992......Page 196
The Second Striker Replacement Campaign, 1993-1994......Page 207
The Impact of Striker Replacement Legislation on Economic Competitiveness and Business Performance......Page 217
The Impact of Striker Replacement Legislation on the Character of Labor-Management Relations......Page 219
The Rights of Strikers vs. the Rights of Replacements, Non-Strikers, Non-Union Members, Consumers, and Employers......Page 222
The Level of Public Support for Striker Replacement Legislation and the Use of High-Strikes Involving Permanent Replacements......Page 223
Lessons from the Experience of Striker Replacement Legislation in Canada......Page 230
The Role of the State in the Regulation of Collective Bargaining......Page 231
The Extent of the Actual Use of Permanent Replacements......Page 232
CONCLUSION......Page 235
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 247
THE TRANSFER OF IDEAS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: DUNLOP AND OXFORD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS THOUGHT, 1960-1985......Page 248
THE TRANSMISSION OF IDEAS......Page 249
METHODS AND METHODOLOGY IN AN EMERGENT SOCIAL SCIENCE5......Page 251
INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES ON AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS......Page 254
DUNLOP AND SYSTEMS......Page 256
FLANDERS, CLEGG AND THE OXFORD SCHOOL......Page 257
AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS THOUGHT 1960-1985......Page 261
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC IR THOUGHT: COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE TWO MODELS......Page 264
CONCLUSION......Page 269
REFERENCES......Page 273