Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy - Australian Fabians

Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy

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Published
14 July 2003
Topics
Labor
Unions and Workers
Labor Essays

Editor/s: Paul J Gollan; Glenn A Patmore

Series editor/s: Gary Jungwirth

Publisher: Pluto Press Australia Limited. In association with the Australian Fabian Society. Annandale, NSW, 2003.

ABSTRACT: The decline in union membership means that now three out of every four employees miss out on an important opportunity to be heard in their workplaces. Yet the effective representation of employees is the cornerstone of Australia's industrial relations system. Is it any wonder that citizens are complaining of increased stress, unpaid overtime, family unfriendly hours and injuries when vital workplace decisions are being made with little or no employee consultation? Job satisfaction seems to have been forgotten in the race for ever-increasing profits. How can we create new partnerships between employers and employees? Partnerships at Work advocates concrete changes to stem the decline in employees participation and to create democratic workplace environments that are good for workers and business.

ISBN: ISBN-10: 1864031883 ISBN-13: 9781864031881

Series: Labor Essays

ISSN: ISSN: 0158-9245

Libraries Australia ID: 51598188


Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1.

Page 15–36

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Glenn A Patmore and Paul Gollan:

 The Challenge of Employee Democracy

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 

 

Chapter 2.

Page: 37–46

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Russell D Lansbury and Nick Wailes:

The Meaning of Industrial Democracy in an Era of Neo-Liberalism

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 3.

Page: 47–57

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Robert McClelland:

Productive Partnerships through Enterprise Bargaining

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 4.

Page: 58–72

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Glenn A Patmore: 

How Can We Be Happy at Work?: Rethinking the Role of Law in the 21st Century.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 5.

Page: 73–83

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Andrew D Mitchell: 

Democracy and Power as Foundations of Employee Control

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.). Based on a Longer Article, Industrial Democracy: Reconciling Theories of the Firm and State; in International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, v.14, 1998.

 
 

Chapter 6.

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Carol Fox:

Constructing Union Democracy: A State or Union Prerogative?

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 7.

Page: 84–98

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Linda Rubenstein: 

Confronting the Challenges for Unions: Freedom of Association and Union Security.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 8.

Pages: 110–21

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Jennifer Hill:

Corporate Governance and the Role of the Employee

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 9.

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Ray Markey:

A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Governance: Employee Representatives on Boards of Management.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 10.

Page: 134–39

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Greg Combet:

Employee Consultation in an Australian Context: The Works Council Debate and Trade Unions.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 11.

Page: 140–50

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Anthony Forsyth: 

Giving Employees a Voice over Business Restructuring: A Role for Works Councils in Australia.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 12.

Page: 151–64

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Race Mathews: 

The Mondragon Worker Co-Operatives and Their Lessons for Australia

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 
 

Chapter 13.

Page: 165–77

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Paul Gollan: 

Employee Information and Consultation: New Directions for the UK.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 

 

Chapter 14.

Page: 178–86

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Greg Patmore:

An Employer Response to Workplace Democracy: A North American Perspective.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 

 

Chapter 15.

Page: 187–97

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Robyn May and Pat Walsh: 

Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing?: New Forms of Employee Representation in New Zealand.

Paper in: Partnership at Work: The Challenge of Employee Democracy, Paul J. Gollan and Glenn Patmore (Eds.).

 

 

 

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