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Government Exhortation and Collective Bargaining Why the Priorities of Employers and Government Differ

Government Exhortation and Collective Bargaining Why the Priorities of Employers and Government... Although governments see high pay settlementsas inflationary and claim they make British productsuncompetitive, employers consistently give payincreases above the level of cost of living increases.Weakened unions and high unemployment have notchanged the trend, demonstrating that simplisticcauses are based on little more than myth.Geographical and skill imbalances mean labourshortages still exist. Employers, whose concernis with total costs and returns, also need to buycooperation with change and sometimes use thesavings of automation to do so. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Employee Relations: An International Journal Emerald Publishing

Government Exhortation and Collective Bargaining Why the Priorities of Employers and Government Differ

Roots, Paul
Employee Relations: An International Journal , Volume 13 (4): 5 – Apr 1, 1991
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Although governments see high pay settlementsas inflationary and claim they make British productsuncompetitive, employers consistently give payincreases above the level of cost of living increases.Weakened unions and high unemployment have notchanged the trend, demonstrating that simplisticcauses are based on little more than myth.Geographical and skill imbalances mean labourshortages still exist. Employers, whose concernis with total costs and returns, also need to buycooperation with change and sometimes use thesavings of automation to do so.

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Employee Relations: An International Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 1, 1991

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