Employee Relations: An International Journal

Rathkey, Paul

1986 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055063

Rising unemployment in the 1970s and particularly over the last six years 197985 has focused trade union strategies on the question of job creation. The initial response was largely a restatement of Keynesian macroeconomic policies plus a series of shortterm special measures. The deepening of the recession in the early 80s caused a minor rethink and an examination of notions of work redistribution. The immediate solution was seen as the shorter working week and, despite a growing awareness of other options, this remans the cornerstone of TUC thinking and that of its major affiliates.

Mailly, R.

1986 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055064

The provision of services by private contractors in the National Health Service rather than by direct labour is not a recent phenomenon. Certain services, eg. the erection and repair of buildings, have been performed by contractors in the majority of health authorities. In some instances, catering and domestic services have been performed by outside contractors for a number of years although this has been the case only in a very small minority of hospitals. What is novel is a policy which says health authorities must invite companies to tender competitively against their own inhouse services, and choose the tender which is the least costly.

Fells, R.E.

1986 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055065

There is a growing literature on negotiation, much of which is directed towards negotiations which take place in the industrial relations context. However, negotiation is a practical activity and there is a need to bridge the gap between the thoeretical framework of the negotiation process and the appropriate application of particular negotiating techniques. One approach is to present an explanatory framework in terms of the motivation of one's negotiating opponent, usually relying on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. These authors then present a series of semianecdotal descriptions of tactics to employ. Such an approach does not fully present any underlying principles to be grasped by negotiators, nor does it form a basis for the training of negotiating techniques.

Ramsay, Harvie; Leopold, John W.; Hyman, Jeff

1986 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055066

I point out also that there are 1,800,000 more owneroccupiers since 1979 a policy fought tooth and nail by the Labour Party that there has been a dramatic extension of share ownership as with British Telecom and an increase in the number of employee share option schemes.