This study analyses the difference between firm-level and sector-level collective bargaining agreements, using Belgium as a basis. It argues that firm-level agreements do more to raise wage levels past productivity increases, without affecting the organisation’s overall profitability. It suggests that firm-level agreements more strongly raise wages without affecting profitability, but have shorter reaching effects than sector-level agreements.
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This is a discussion paper covering the benefits of social dialogue, trade unions and collective bargaining. Using the UK as the basis for the analysis, six key benefits are comprehensively discussed: Trade unions and collective bargaining are good for workers and good for the economy; Workers who could most benefit from union membership are least likely to join and membership is set to decline further still; Public policy has contributed to the decline of trade unions, so public policy must be part of the solution; Government should promote a renaissance of collective bargaining to improve wages and working conditions; Trade unions should be supported to recruit members and to innovate; Trade unions should be seen as social partners in industrial strategy and for the managed acceleration of automation.
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This study uses the case study of the Confédération Démocratique du Travail (CDT) negotiated with Domaines Brahim Zniber Diana Holding Group in 2015 in Morocco to analyse the effect of collective bargaining on women and how the inclusion of women can alter the outcomes of the agreement. It concludes that collective bargaining agreements greatly impacts gender equality and benefits all workers by raising wages as well as facilitating broader social dialogue between workers, unions, employers and governments. An important takeaway is that the employer was supportive of the agreement throughout the process, and that even impactful agreements can be done amicably.
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This is a collection of case studies of collective bargaining agreements from Pakistan. It was arranged through interviews with key stakeholders in the state and factory visits to gauge the level of implementation. The study compares the case studies to highlight seven key points of good practice that can be used as a model for other collective bargaining institutions to promote effectiveness and cordial relations.
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This is a case study of a collective bargaining agreement between McNeil-PPC, Johnson & Johnson Customer & Logistics Services and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union concerning their business in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The study details the terms and conditions of the work between the union and the contracting companies.
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This study assesses the inclusion of social services in tripartite, bipartite and collective bargaining at a national level in six EU member states: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta and Romania. It does this through extensive surveys, interviews and focus groups throughout the nations in the different companies and representives in social services. It concludes that social service organisations are largely absent from social dialogue on a national level, and they have little influence on policy creation because of this.
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This study evaluates the current effectiveness and implementation of social dialogue in France. It does this through cross-sectoral analysis with interviews of key stakeholders and desk research. It concludes that, overall, social dialogue is deteriorating in effectiveness over time, despite increased involvement, and that it is being decentralised, preferring company decisions over sector decisions.
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This work details how social partners have incorporated inclusive growth into collective bargaining and how this has affected economic recovery in Spain after the financial crises in the early 2010’s. It combines desk research and fieldwork to assess this. It concludes that different social partners have different aims and successes in the inclusion of social growth, and that these differences need to be surpassed to move forward in the development of social inclusion and collective bargaining.
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This work assess the impact of tripartite wage bargaining over time. Different models from different states are compared to one another to assess the most effective method for wage moderation and wage dispersion. The study demonstrates that government involvement leads to an overall modest increase in both metrics, but differences in different bargaining institutions leads to varying effects.
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This source is a research paper detailing the ILO’s principles of collective bargaining. It elucidates the ILO’s stance, through research on its past decisions and publications and explains how they relate to topics such as collective bargaining, voluntary negotiation, the intervention of the authorities and others. It concludes that, at the time of writing, ILO principles of collective bargaining are essentially universally accepted.
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