The role of collective bargaining in the global economy : : negotiating for social justice / / edited by Susan Hayter.

• TeilnehmendeR: Hayter, Susan.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today's global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and labour standards at risk. This book examines the role that collective bargaining plays in ensuring that workers are able to obtain a fair share of the benefits arising from participation in the global economy and in providing a measure of security against the risk to employment and wages. It focuses on a commonly

Table of Contents

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Negotiating employment security: innovations and derogations; 3. Negotiating working time in fragmented labour markets: realizing the promise of "regulated flexibility"; 4. Bargaining for training: converging or diverging interests?; 5. Workplace change and productivity: does employee voice make a difference?; 6. Mind the gap: collective bargaining and wage inequality; 7. Illustrating the gap: collective bargaining and income distribution in Chile

8. Collective bargaining in transition: measuring the effects of collective voice in China9. The economic impact of collective bargaining coverage; 10. New roles for unions and collective bargaining post the implosion of Wall Street capitalism; 11. Globalizing industrial relations: what role for International Framework Agreements?; 12. Conclusion; Index