scholarly journals The Role of the Secretary of a Parity Committee

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-333
Author(s):  
Raymond Gérin
Keyword(s):  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Social Conscience ◽  
Labour Relations

In this article, the author wishes to show the important role that the secretary of a parity committee, by his functions, must play. These functions vary from one parity committee to another, but generally are those determined by the Collective Agreement Act and suggested by the sample regulations recommended by the Department of Labour. In addition to these duties, the secretary takes part in the conduct and orientation of the parity committee, not only as administrator but also as a specialist in a sector of labour relations possessing an awakened social conscience. In order to act with efficiency and durability, he must be particularly rich in qualities and resources and thus be able to assure the continuation and orientation of this organization with which he is entrusted.

Getting Organized

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
Leah F. Vosko
Keyword(s):  
Bargaining Unit ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Agricultural Worker ◽  
Just Cause ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
Migrant Work

This chapter details the attempts of the union representing Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) employees at Sidhu & Sons to organize, gain certification, and secure a first collective agreement for a bargaining unit encompassing participants in a temporary migrant work program (TMWP) permitting circularity. Through an analysis of the legal proceedings surrounding United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1518's bid for certification, it explores SAWP employees' two important motivations for organizing: namely, to preempt termination without just cause prompting premature repatriation and to secure mechanisms for recall suitable to workers laboring transnationally. Local 1518, in seeking to represent SAWP employees, came up against tensions arising both from the Labour Relations Board's (LRB) understanding of its role of facilitating access to collective bargaining under the Labour Relations Code (LRC) and from limits posed by the parameters of the TMWP in play. Consequently, the unit obtained certification, but only on a restricted basis. At the same time, it introduced mechanisms aiming to limit termination without just cause prompting premature repatriation and offered novel provisions on recall and seniority.

Europejski Komitet Ekonomiczno-Społeczny Unii Europejskiej – organ reprezentacji funkcjonalnej czy instytucja fasadowa?

2016 ◽  
pp. 66-81
Author(s):  
Leszek Graniszewski
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Conscience ◽  
The Eu

In the article the author draws his attention to the differences between the position of the Committee as a social conscience of the EU (that has been declared in the treaties and declarations) and the practical possibilities to fulfil this role and its results. The analysis featured covers the structure and the manner of operation of the Committee, and, in particular, the functions actually fulfilled by the Committee in its role of the bridge between the EU and the organised civil society.

scholarly journals Labour Politics in a Naval Dockyard: The Case of Karlskrona, Sweden c. 1880–1925

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Hilson
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Shipbuilding Industry ◽  
Improve Working ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
State Employees ◽  
Military Discipline ◽  
Unique Relationship

Naval dockyards have been largely neglected by labour historians, a surprising omission given their importance as industrial workplaces with a distinct culture of labour and labour relations. This article considers labour politics in Karlskrona dockyard, Sweden, in the light of a growing body of research on work and labour relations in the British and other European dockyards. Evidence from Karlskrona suggests that, rather than being repressed by military discipline or bought off by generous state benefits, the dockyard workforce drew on aspects of its unique relationship with the national state to improve working conditions. Particular attention is given to the role of the dockyard trade union in creating a sense of workforce identity as state employees. This is in contrast to the British dockyards where unionism was founded on the rigid division of labour in the shipbuilding industry.

scholarly journals ‘There’s a Price to Pay in Order Not to Have a Price’: Whistleblowing and the Employment Relationship

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 726-736
Author(s):  
Luca Carollo ◽  
Marco Guerci ◽  
Nicoletta Parisi
Keyword(s):  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Managerial Control ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Personal Consequences ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon

Whistleblowing is a typical and widespread phenomenon in contemporary societies, and it has the potential to illuminate many of the issues that affect the workplace today. By recounting the story of an Italian whistleblower who suffered harsh professional retaliation and severe personal consequences because of his disclosure of accounting malpractices in his employing organization, this article aims to furnish a series of insights and stimulate avenues for future research. In particular, the account yields rich insights into current pervasive forms of managerial control of the workforce, the role of traditional and new actors in influencing the power dynamics of the employment relationship, and the interplay between the organizational and institutional levels in the regulation of labour relations.

Survey of formal and informal labour relations in contemporary Russian businesses

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-224
Author(s):  
Yulia Chilipenok ◽  
Olga Gaponova
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Informal Labour ◽  
Complete Rejection ◽  
Formal Relations ◽  
Informal Relations ◽  
Modern Russian

Purpose This paper aims to address issues related to informal relationships in modern Russian organisations, namely, the extent of these relationships, the conditions of their existence and their connection with formal relations. Design/methodology/approach The paper contains a discussion of the relevant theoretical issues and a presentation of empirical research conducted by the authors through a survey of the staff of a number of businesses based in major cities of the Russian Federation. The study also includes an analysis of an expert survey of top managers and an assessment of the role of the informal component in the social and labour cooperation of workers and employers in modern Russian organisations. Findings It is concluded that with the further advancement of Russia towards establishing an effective market economy, there is a general trend towards a reduction in the role of personal relationships in social and labour relations, although a complete rejection of protectionism in this area is not possible because of certain peculiarities of the Russian mentality. Practical implications Knowledge and understanding of the Russian national identity and its influence on the informal component of workplace labour issues will enable managers to be more effective in building and developing modern international business relations. Originality/value The paper studies a unique set of empirical data obtained by using authoring tools carefully tailored to the specific conditions of Russia. The results of the study will enable more effective management of informal relations in modern organisations.

scholarly journals Labour Constitutions and Market Logics

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Knegt
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Economic Perspectives

The article evaluates labour law’s strategies of coping with the pressure put on its project of realizing justice by a hegemony of economic perspectives on labour markets. Its consequences for a methodology of labour law are set out by critically engaging with recent proposals made by Simon Deakin and Ruth Dukes. It is argued that a socio-historical perspective on the role of legal models in actually shaping labour relations can enrich the concept of a ‘labour constitution’.

scholarly journals Schools Management in the Complex Thinking Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Di Grado Hessel ◽  
Ivani Catarina Arantes Fazenda
Keyword(s):  
Living System ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Complex Thinking ◽  
Collective Work ◽  
Proposal A ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Complexity ◽  
Coordination And Control

The scope of this Paper is to clarify the unfolding of Complex Thinking concerning the role of management, as a result of a research carried out in some Brazilian Governmental Schools, where the dialogical movements were understood in the whole context in which the linear and systemic aspects coexisted. The studies of the theory of Complexity are the bases of the reflections on the management action, enabling articulation toward the self-organization of the group. It is observed by many researchers that the action of the manager usually encompasses the role of a planner of the work, with rational use of the resources and articulation of the means to reach the targets of the institution, in addition to the role of coordination and control of people´s work. That has shown not to be enough to meet the challenges of the world nowadays. The processes of management may get different meanings: under a technicist conception, management is often centralized, decisions come from the top without participation of the other levels; under a more democratic conception, the process is more participative, and decision is collective. In this view, the manager is expected to promote collective work, encourage the participation of the different subjects of the team and institution community, establish co-responsibility and assure the construction and implementation of a proposal – a set of intentions – a collective agreement. To be able to do so, the manager should be prepared to perceive the team as a living system, able of self-organization, as well as the linear and systemic aspects in permanent balance.

The Role of Trade Unions as a Subject of Social Partnership in the Settlement of Labor Disputes

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 967
Author(s):  
Asem M. RAKHIMOVA ◽  
Asel K. KAISHATAEVA
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Labor Disputes ◽  
Social Partnership ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Literary Sources

The most important actor of the system of social partnership are trade unions, which often act as democratic institutions of society. The aim of the study is to determine the role of trade unions as a participant in social partnership in the system of settlement of labor disputes in Kazakhstan, using the experience of foreign countries as an example, creating a mechanism for social protection of workers in the form of a balanced system of state and market regulators and strengthening the role of trade unions in the occupational safety management system. The following methods were used as methods of scientific research: analysis of literary sources, the study of regulatory legal acts, special legal, comparative legal. The author focuses on the problems faced by employees in resolving labor disputes. The labor legislation of Kazakhstan regulates the procedure for issuing acts of an employer, preparing a draft collective agreement, the procedure for resolving labor disputes, etc. All this should be conducted taking into account the opinion or in agreement with the representatives of employers, but today, as practice shows, all these procedures take place without proper coordination, especially in commercial enterprises with a non-state form of ownership. According to the author, the regulation of labor disputes is just the direction where there is close interaction between trade unions and the state is a clear manifestation of social partnership.

Labour is the essence of coexistence, and the labour law is the oldest legislation

10.12737/509 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Виктор Кривой ◽  
Victor Krivoy
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Human Values ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
World Religion ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Working People ◽  
Lev Tolstoy

The article explores the origins of labour and a man on the base of the Old Testament, references to work in the New Testament, and the role of the working people in the transformation of Christianity into a world religion. The autor makes conclusions about the origin of the pre-state labour law, its historical superiority over other branches of law, arising of all contemporary social phenomena (morality, art, family, society, law, state, science, etc.) out of labour relations. Especially stressed the role of Lev Tolstoy in the disclosure of Christian and human values of labour and picking up its status in society.

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