Employment Disputes and the Third Party [Hardcover]

Industrial conflict has been well documented; dispute resolution much less so. In this book, Pat Lowry evaluates the work of conciliations and arbitrations. He critically examines the value of courts of inquiry and traces the development of pay review bodies and wages councils. He writes, too, of the little publicised work of the TUC in sorting out problems between member unions. Pat Lowry covers the events leading to the expulsion of the Electricians' Union from the TUC and he casts an expert's eye over such new developments as single union agreements and pendulum arbitration.Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Collective Conciliation - Arbitration - Mediation, Inquiry, Investigation and Review - Individual Conciliation - The Minimum Wage Question - From Bridlington to Bournemouth - Conclusions - Notes and References - Index