 Crafting a Statutory Union Recognition Procedure that Works for the UKStephen Wood and Sian Moore Chapter 6 in Unions in the 21st Century, 2004, pp 75-90 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract At least 700 Union recognition agreements were signed in the UK between 2001 and 2002, according to the records of the Trade Union Congress (TUC). This contrasts starkly with the 1990s, when throughout the whole decade the number was less than 100 per year. The signs of a reversal of fortunes for the trade unions became apparent in 2000 when the TUC recorded around 150 new agreements. This rise in voluntary recognitions suggests that the Labour Government’s statutory recognition procedure, introduced under the Employment Relations Act in 2000 (ERA), is stimulating recognitions as the trade unions had hoped it would. The Department of Trade and Industry (2003: 28) in its Consultative Document on the Review of the Employment Act, which it published in February 2003, in fact used the evidence of a general rise in voluntary recognition agreements as the main support for its claim that ‘the procedure is, overall, working well’. In this chapter we review the operation of the system in order to assess this conclusion. Keywords: Trade Union; Collective Bargaining; Union Member; Union Membership; Employment Relation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52458-3_6 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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