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Advocates, Critics and Union Involvement in Workplace Partnership: Irish Airports

Advocates, Critics and Union Involvement in Workplace Partnership: Irish Airports The Irish Airports Authority and its unions have developed a radical partnership initiative which seeks to involve staff and unions in operational and strategic decision–making. The initiative allows for an empirical assessment of arguments regarding the effects of partnership on union organization and strength, and on members’ commitment to unions. Drawing on research conducted over a four–year period, we argue that partnership was of considerable benefit to workers and unions, but that new tensions and challenges have arisen. On balance, the evidence provides modest support for the theoretical arguments of advocates of partnership. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Industrial Relations Wiley

Advocates, Critics and Union Involvement in Workplace Partnership: Irish Airports

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics 2002
ISSN
0007-1080
eISSN
1467-8543
DOI
10.1111/1467-8543.00251
Publisher site
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Abstract

The Irish Airports Authority and its unions have developed a radical partnership initiative which seeks to involve staff and unions in operational and strategic decision–making. The initiative allows for an empirical assessment of arguments regarding the effects of partnership on union organization and strength, and on members’ commitment to unions. Drawing on research conducted over a four–year period, we argue that partnership was of considerable benefit to workers and unions, but that new tensions and challenges have arisen. On balance, the evidence provides modest support for the theoretical arguments of advocates of partnership.

Journal

British Journal of Industrial RelationsWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2002

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