LABOUR RELATIONS...

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LABOUR RELATIONS...
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...or INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

• employers      vs. employees
• ?
• management  vs. employees
• ?
• LABOUR UNIONS, TRADE UNIONS

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Negotiations over 3 main issues

• ....... wages
• ....... working hours
• ....... working conditions
• MK p.50 (pg.1)

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Negotiations over 3 main issues

• Fair wages
• Reasonable working hours
• Safe working conditions
• MK p.50 (pg.1)

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What do unions deal with?

• redundancies, layoffs, (workers are made
  redundant)
• redundancy pay , severance pay
• compulsory redundancies /voluntary redundancies
  (e.g. early retirement)
• legal representation (e.g. in unfair dismissals,
  injuries at work, harassment cases, )
• pay to workers on strike
• benefits for members (e.g. Christmas bonus,
  travel discounts, )
• pressure groups (lobbying, influencing the
  government)
• collective bargaining
• social partners (employers, employees, the
  government)
• industrial action (MK p.47, 1b)

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EFFICIENCY EMPLOYMENT
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Reading assignmentThe Untouchables (Rp.44)
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Reading Assignment (R p.44)

1. Who are the untouchables?
2. How does one become untouchable in the flat world?

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Opposites? THE TRUTH ABOUT WORK (MK p.122)

1. white-collar worker
2. permanent job
3. skilled worker
4. job security
5. flexible labour market
6. employment
7. upturn
8. economic recession
9. regulation
10. a growing gap
11. a widening gap
12. a reversible process
13. stability
14. stable

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Opposites

• white-collar worker
• permanent job
• skilled worker
• job security
• flexible labour market
• employment
• upturn
• economic recession
• regulation
• a growing gap
• a widening gap
• a reversible process
• stability
• stable

• blue-collar worker
• temporary job
• unskilled worker
• job instability
• stable labour market
• unemployment
• downturn
• economic recovery, upturn
• deregulation
• a decreasing gap
• a narrowing gap
• an irreversible process
• instability
• unstable

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Reading THE TRUTH ABOUT WORK (MK p.122)

• Find answers in the text around the lines below
• Lines(5-10, 15-20)
•   Words/Expressions describing two types of the
  labour market
• Lines 30-35, 40-45
• What does the ILO research show for job tenure?
• 1.
• 2.

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• Line 50 Reasons for differences in job tenure
• among countries
• Line 70 Social groups and job tenure
• University graduates
• People with a medium level of education   
• Employees in larger companies       
• Junior workers                                   
          
• Ageing core                         
               
• Younger workers                                  
   
• Older workers                                    
          
• Prime-age workers               
• Line 105 Why such a perception of insecurity?