Generating equality? Equal pay, decentralization and the electricity supply industry

Article Abstract:

Recent research has used a case study which charts a trade union claim for equal pay for women over the period 1984-1994 to examine the proposition made by Whitehouse in 1992 that a centralized collective bargaining model is the best way to ensure equality of pay for women, being more effective than a liberalized individualistic model. The case does not fully support the Whitehouse model, but is useful in highlighting some of the problems associated with achieving equal pay.

Research, Pay equity

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Decentralization in the NHS: Prospects for workplace unionism

Article Abstract:

Traditional patterns of industrial relations based on centralized and institutionalized collective bargaining are seeing substantial changes in the UK. The future development of industrial relations in the public sector will depend on whether trade unions can respond successfully to the process. The impact of decentralization on union organization within four hospital units is considered, producing evidence that decentralization has resulted in a growth in union activity.

United Kingdom, Labor relations, Public sector

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Contesting local pay: The decentralization of collective bargaining in the NHS

Article Abstract:

An evaluation of the effects of the local pay experiment on the outcomes of pay determination, and on industrial relations conduct in the National Health Service (NHS), is presented. The findings of a national survey of Unison lead negotiators are reported. Suggestions that local pay results in improved industrial relations and greater pay equity are refuted, and the study finds that the search for managerial control continues to be contested terrain.

Analysis, Compensation and benefits, Collective bargaining, Socialized medicine

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