Worker Voice: Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US, 1914-1939

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Author/contributor
Title
Worker Voice: Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US, 1914-1939
Abstract
This book informs debates about worker participation in the workplace or worker voice by analysing comparative historical data relating to these ideas during the inter-war period in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. The issue is topical because of the contemporary shift to a workplace focus in many countries without a corresponding development of infrastructure at the workplace level, and because of the growing ‘representation gap’ as union membership declines. Some commentators have called for the introduction of works councils to address these issues. Other scholars have gone back and examined the experiences with the non-union Employee Representation Plans (ERPs) in Canada and the US. This book will test these claims through examining and comparing the historical record of previous efforts of five countries during a rich period of experimentation between the Wars. --Publisher's description.
Series
Studies in Labour History
Place
Liverpool
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Date
2016
# of Pages
xv, 245 pages: tables, illustrations
Language
en
ISBN
978-1-78138-268-4
Short Title
Worker Voice
Library Catalog
Open WorldCat
Extra
OCLC: 968347966
Citation
Patmore, G. (2016). Worker Voice: Employee Representation in the Workplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US, 1914-1939. Liverpool University Press. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30046