Employers Associations and Industrial Relations: A Comparative Study.

Rose, Joseph B.; Windmuller, John P.; Gladstone, Alan

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“…In this sense, the traditional power argument (e.g. Offe & Wiesenthal, 1980; Gladstone & Windmuller, 1984) appears as applicable as ever.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, this will also depend on the extent to which large businesses are able to form unified positions, as recent studies point towards a fracturing among business elites (e.g. Mach et al., 2021; Feldman & Morgan, 2021).…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The measurement of EO membership explicitly delineates EOs as organizations involved in collective bargaining, following a standard and traditional definition (e.g. Gladstone & Windmuller, 1984;Traxler & Huemer, 2007). The advantage of this is that EOs are clearly distinguishable from other types of business associations.…”

Section: Dependent Variable: Eo Membershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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All about power after all? A multi‐level analysis of employers’ organization membership in Europe

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Employers’ organizations (EOs) are the voice of business interests in social partnership and socio‐economic policy making. Their legitimacy depends on the willingness of employers to join them as members. We examine the role of two types of power that EOs confer onto their members as drivers of EO membership: countervailing power against labour and organizational power. By analysing large‐scale micro‐level data on more than 30,000 business establishments across 27 EU countries in 2013 and 2019, we find that at the micro‐level, company size, workplace unionization and the presence of trade unions and works councils are positively associated with membership, as is union density at the macro‐level. These findings suggest that, in contrast to contemporary arguments in the EO literature, countering the collective power of labour remains an important motivation for EO membership. The positive impact of company size also suggests that organizational power, that is the ability to influence public policies and collective agreements through EOs, dominates the services provided by EOs to their members as a selective incentive for EO membership. Further tests of this argument, however, yield inconclusive results.

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“…In this sense, the traditional power argument (e.g. Offe & Wiesenthal, 1980; Gladstone & Windmuller, 1984) appears as applicable as ever.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dependent Variable: Eo Membershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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All about power after all? A multi‐level analysis of employers’ organization membership in Europe

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Jansen

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Legislative Support for Multi-Employer Bargaining: The Canadian Experience

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1986

ILR Review

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This study appraises the laws adopted in the 1970s by most provinces in Canada for the purpose of promoting stronger employer associations and broader bargaining structures in the construction industry. The author finds that employer associations in construction are now more cohesive and less vulnerable to union whipsaw and leapfrog tactics, and the frequency of construction strikes has declined. On the other hand, other measures of strike activity, such as total days lost, increased following the legislative changes, and construction wages continued to rise as rapidly as in the late 1960s.

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Building capacity for their members: What employers’ organisations in South Africa need to know

Grobler

Kirsten

Warnich

2005

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According to Chapter 2 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995, employers, like trade unions, have a right to freedom of association. However, hardly any research has been conducted to establish the efficiency/effectiveness of employers’ organisations. The question thus is: To what extent do members (companies) make use of the services rendered by their employers’ organisations, and how satisfied are they with the service provided? From this study it is clear that a small percentage of companies avail themselves of the services of employers’ organisations. Popular areas of contact appear to be human resource management, labour relations and training. A number of problems in the area of client satisfaction have been identified and recommendations are made to increase the efficiency/effectiveness of employers’ organisations. It is clear that despite the limited use of their services, employers’ organisations continue to fulfil a key role in the labour dispensation in South Africa.

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Employers Associations and Industrial Relations: A Comparative Study.

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All about power after all? A multi‐level analysis of employers’ organization membership in Europe

All about power after all? A multi‐level analysis of employers’ organization membership in Europe

Legislative Support for Multi-Employer Bargaining: The Canadian Experience

Building capacity for their members: What employers’ organisations in South Africa need to know

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