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Employee Forums in the UK: Friend or Foe of Trade Unions?

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  • Michael Whittall
  • Alan Tuckman

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With a tradition of informing and consulting employees resting on a single union channel, the 2002 EU Information and Consultation (ICE) Directive was bound to have a significant impact on employee relations in the UK Undoubtedly, the works council as an institution, or employee forum as it is often referred to in the UK, represents a totally new departure in UK employment relations. The article specifically focuses on the repercussions employee forums might have for trade unions. We focus on two companies which have both recently founded employee forums to comply with ICE regulation. We ask whether such forums should be considered as posing a threat to British trade unions, or platform for revitalising their position within the workplace.

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  • Michael Whittall & Alan Tuckman, 2008. "Employee Forums in the UK: Friend or Foe of Trade Unions?," International Journal of Action Research, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 4(3), pages 225-253.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:ijares:doi_10.1688/1861-9916_ijar_2008_03_whittall
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    1. Whittall, Michael & Lücking, Stefan & Trinczek, Rainer & Gunkel, Jennifer, 2015. "Closed frontiers: Why German multinationals don't utilise the European works council directive," Study / edition der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, volume 127, number 294.
    2. Alan Tuckman & Jeremé Snook, 2014. "Between consultation and collective bargaining? The changing role of non-union employee representatives: a case study from the finance sector," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(1), pages 77-97, January.

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    Keywords

    European Information and Consultation Directive; works councils; trade unions; British industrial relations; employee representation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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