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Author Patmore, Greg, author.

Title Worker voice : employee representation in the workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US 1914-1939 / Greg Patmore.

Publication Info. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 electronic resource (xv, 245 pages ).
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Series Studies in labour history ; 5
Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press) ; 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-234) and index.
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Contents 1. Introduction; 2. The Context; Explanations of Historical Patterns of Employee Representation ; The Economy ; Industry Scale and Structure ; The Division of Labour and Technology ; Trade Unionism and Politics ; Employers and Managing Labour ; The Role of the State ; Conclusion; 3. The Concepts; Employee Representation Plans ; Whitley Works Committees ; The German Works Councils ; Union-Management Cooperation ; Conclusion; 4. The US; ERP -- The Extent ; ERP -- The Impact ; Cooperative Management -- The Extent ; Cooperative Management -- The Impact The Demise of ERPs and Union-Management cooperation during the 1930s; Conclusion; 5. The UK; The Extent of Whitley Works Committees ; The Impact of Whitley Works Committees ; Looking beyond the UK ; Conclusion; 6. Germany; The Extent of German Works Councils ; The Impact of German Works Councils ; The Impact on Unions, Women and Employers ; The Demise of German Works Councils ; Conclusion; 7. Canada; ERPs -- The Extent and Impact ; An ERP -- The Experience at the Sydney Steelworks, Nova Scotia ; Union-Management Cooperation ; Conclusion ; 8. Australia ; Influences ; The Impact; Electrolytic Zinc ; Conclusion; 9. Conclusion.
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Summary This book informs debates about worker participation in the workplace or worker voice by analysing comparative historical data relating to these ideas during the inter-war period in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. The issue is topical because of the contemporary shift to a workplace focus in many countries without a corresponding development of infrastructure at the workplace level, and because of the growing 'representation gap' as union membership declines. Some commentators have called for the introduction of works councils to address these issues. Other scholars have gone back and examined the experiences with the non-union Employee Representation Plans (ERPs) in Canada and the US. This book will test these claims through examining and comparing the historical record of previous efforts of five countries during a rich period of experimentation between the Wars. In addition to ERPs, the book expands the debate will by examining union-management co-operation, Whitley works committees and German works councils.
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Subject Communication in industrial relations -- History -- 20th century.
Industrial relations -- History -- 20th century.
Management -- Employee participation -- History -- 20th century.
Employees -- Australia -- History.
Employees -- Canada -- History.
Employees -- Germany -- History.
Employees -- Great Britain -- History.
Employees -- United States.
Personnel -- Australie -- Histoire.
Personnel -- Canada -- Histoire.
Personnel -- Allemagne -- Histoire.
Personnel -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire.
Personnel -- États-Unis.
Communication en relations industrielles -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Relations industrielles -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Personnel -- Participation à la gestion -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Communication in industrial relations
Industrial relations
Management -- Employee participation
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Online version: Patmore, Greg. Worker voice (OCoLC)953594399
Print version: Worker voice Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2016. 1781382689 (DLC) 2016462130
ISBN 1781382689
9781781382684
9781781384312 (electronic bk.)
1781384312 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000058392735
AU@ 000059957740
AU@ 000066528602
AU@ 000068059503
DKDLA 820120-katalog:999889729805765
GBVCP 1008666432
GBVCP 1030560897
GBVCP 865793913
GBVCP 869970844
UKMGB 017773983
AU@ 000075483524

 
    
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