Works Committees and Joint Industrial Councils (Classic Reprint)
Works Committees and Joint Industrial Councils (Classic Reprint)

Author: A. B. Wolfe

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781332218554

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Excerpt from Works Committees and Joint Industrial Councils The first necessity of the industrial situation is greater efficiency of production. In order to meet the difficulties created by the war, to make good the losses of capital, and to raise the standard of living amongst the mass of our people, we must endeavor to increase both the volume and the quality of output. In order that this result may be obtained without detriment to the social welfare of the community, It must be sought for rather in improved organization and the elimination of waste and friction, than in adding to the strain on the workers, and must be accompanied by a change of attitude and spirit which will give to industry a worthier and more clearly recognized place in our national life. This can only be accomplished if the sectional treatment of industrial questions is replaced by the active co-operation of labor, management and capital to raise the general level of productive capacity, to maintain a high standard of workmanship, and to improve working conditions. It is essential to the securing of such co-operation that labor, as a party to industry, should have a voice in matters directly concerning its special interests, such as rates of pay and conditions of employment. It is necessary to create adequate machinery, both for securing united action in the pursuit of common ends and for the equitable adjustment of points which involve competing interests. This machinery must be sufficiently powerful to enable both sides to accept its decisions with confidence that any agreement arrived at will be generally observed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Works Councils
Works Councils

Author: Joel Rogers

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2009-05-15

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 0226723798

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As the influence of labor unions declines in many industrialized nations, particularly the United States, the influence of workers has decreased. Because of the need for greater involvement of workers in changing production systems, as well as frustration with existing structures of workplace regulation, the search has begun for new ways of providing a voice for workers outside the traditional collective bargaining relationship. Works councils—institutionalized bodies for representative communication between an employer and employees in a single workplace—are rare in the Anglo-American world, but are well-established in other industrialized countries. The contributors to this volume survey the history, structure, and functions of works councils in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Canada, and the United States. Special attention is paid to the relations between works councils and unions and collective bargaining, works councils and management, and the role and interest of governments in works councils. On the basis of extensive comparative data from other Western countries, the book demonstrates powerfully that well-designed works councils may be more effective than labor unions at solving management-labor problems.

Works Committees and Joint Industrial Councils
Works Committees and Joint Industrial Councils

Author: Albert Benedict Wolfe

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781230390406

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... Appendix IV A NONUNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PLAN BY BOriS EMMET, PH.D. (From United States liureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, August, 1918, pp. 180 184.) The collective bargaining plan described in this article is given because it represents an interesting and instructive example of what may be called "nonunion collective bargaining." By this term is meant the collective bargaining between an employer and his own employees without the intervention of any union outside the establishment. The establishment whose collectivebargaining scheme is here described is a Middle Western firm manufacturing women's ready-to-wear clothing and having about 700 employees, chiefly women and girls. The three years' operation of the plan has resulted in putting on a collective basis the wage bargaining of the establishment, as well as hours of labor, discipline, discharges, and adjustment of grievances. Nature Of The Plan Under the scheme there are three separate bodies, known, respectively, as the senate, the cabinet, and the house of representatives. The senate and the cabinet, both of which represent the interests of the firm, were created simultaneously in June, 1914. The organization of the employees, termed the house of representatives, was created one year later. The members of the senate are salaried employees directly connected with the planning of the work of the institution, namely, heads of departments, their assistants, superintendents, and their assistants. Application for memberhip must be submitted in writing to the secretary of the senate after the applicant has secured the indorsement of the firm and of at least one member of the senate. A majority vote of the members present is required for election. Membership ceases...

History of Oxford University Press: Volume III
History of Oxford University Press: Volume III

Author: Ian Anders Gadd

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 914

ISBN-13: 0199568405

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The history of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. This third volume begins with the establishment of the New York office in 1896. It traces the expansion of OUP in America, Australia, Asia, and Africa, and far-reaching changes in the business and technology of publishing up to 1970.