Technological Change, Collective Bargaining, and Industrial Efficiency


Book Description

Assessing the reaction of trade unions to innovation, this book examines the port, newspaper, and automobile industries in U.S. and Great Britain in a detailed analysis of industrial innovations and labor relations.







Technological Change & Labour Relations


Book Description

A study which looks at the reciprocal influence of technological change and labour relations and includes case studies from six industrialized market economy countries, as well as a comparative chapter.; The book focuses on the introduction of microelectronic technology in machinery manufacturing, banking and printing to examine how workers participated in the changeover and how labour relations in the enterprises studied were affected by the new technology.







Trade Unions and Technological Change


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Study of trade union attitudes and policies towards technological change in the UK and its effects on industrial structure - cove4s industrial ownership and control, monopolys and mergers, productivity bargaining, vocational training and apprenticeship schemes for industrial workers, restrictive practices, the impact of technological change and Innovation on union membership and collective bargaining, etc.
















Collective Bargaining Adjustments to Technological Change


Book Description

Study of collective bargaining adjustments to problems of technological change in the USA - covers provisions of relevant collective agreements in selected industries, and includes wage incentive and profit sharing experience. Bibliography p. 53.