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Topic: Industrial Relations
Author: Fashoyin,Tayo.
Year of publication 2010
Volume, Issue, Pages: 45 Issue 4, p513-521, 9p
Title of Article: Changing International Industrial Relations: A Summary
Title of Journal Publication: Indian Journal of Industrial Relations
Identify key issues, concepts (ideas), propositions or theories that have been discussed in the literature review.
Changes have occurred in the world of International relations. There have been developments and emerging issues comparing how practitioners and scholars respond and see these developments. This article reviews and states some of the issues where actions continue happening or taking place. The issues discussed here fit the contributions by the scholars and not exactly or appropriately aligning with the defined theme. However, there is the addressing of the themes about the evolving literature discussed.
Data collection and analysis methods
This article mainly discuses the various contribution from different authors on the various changes that have occurred in the field of industrial relation. Therefore the data analyzed in this article mainly comes from the data collected and analyzed by different authors.
Who was studied in this research?
The research mainly focused on addressing some of changes in the industrial relation in the recent changes in the world of work and their causes. Some of the issues studied in the research include how various policies implemented by different governments have affected the industrial relation. Moreover the research also studies how the various policies implemented deal with climate changes affects the industrial relation.
Research findings
Industrial Relations review of debate over climate change
Social and economic implication about climate change are the major issues discussed nowadays within burgeons and policy of academic research. A requirement from the previous global conference about climate change indicated that each country adapt low carbon economies for rescuing the planet from pollution and sustain the future of the planet. The ILO and the UN understand the opportunities and the major challenges related to addressing change in climate and most commonly how it links with issues about social justice, job quality, sustainable livelihood and equality in job opportunities. Communities, workplaces, and managers over the world address about climate change whether government support them or not. Climate change entail the most threatening issues thus communities and people worldwide need to take the opportunity to deal with the issue and facilitate a solution for the impending change.
Component of industrial relation discussed in the article and even in current debate.
The analysis by Bray, Burgess and Collins define three elements that rarely allow social actors to agree on the same point. One of the entails lack leadership, policy and agreed agenda especially in national and global level where there was no agreement at Copenhagen. Second element entails the absence of institutions and detailed policy within some nations in facilitating adjustments and provides a strategy to bring the involved partners together. Lastly, some countries have an agenda based on liberal policy to that has modified or removed the institutions that could facilitate reaching of an agreement about climate change. The issue of climate change represents an opportunity of advanced technology and new jobs and a challenge in changed production ways.
Challenges faced in the implementations of labor laws.
Some of employers in China for example, held the impression that the issue upon employee protection might result to a substantial increment in labor burden and costs enterprises following the implementation of Labor Contract Law. This law has led to the shutdown of some companies as they claimed that it led to bankruptcy. Moreover, this reveals that there will be challenges towards the full implementation of the Labor law as many employees oppose the law. Basing on the difficulties brought by globalization, the relation between the employer and the employee need to be laid on neutral grounds without bias. Challenge explains ways in which associated partners develop effective and positive policies concerning the enhancement of employment relationships, social, stability and economic developments.
Labor management uproars triggered by strategies and policies of government and employers.
Conflicts did rise due to reform strategies of government and employers within many parts. The decline in production process has increased due to the conflicts between the government and employers in China. The effect of employees had two characteristics in that, employee mobilization in strikes rose within the post-reform duration. In addition, employee protests were based on issues such as recognition and union existence. In this case, employers became aggressive in implementing lockouts in the period of post reform that entailed continuation of previous managerial reforms.
Employee participation
The impact of worker’s participation in the paper bases on both representative and direct participation of workers is some countries like china in respect to the hypothesis that effectiveness of workers participation relates positively with equality in work environment. In this concern, the worker participation appears deeper or grater. The trend brought forward in the study was not flexible but to some extent, it was linked to the hypothesis about the effectiveness within employee, participation relates positively with the environment equality of work.
Trade unions
A paper written by Struat and colleagues explained the role of a county in modernizing the trade unions together with the benefits derived. Participation of employee unions in the Trade union in Modernization Fund, taught trade unions a great lesson in improving information sharing and communication thus learning experience in the field of contracting relations. There was also improvement in organization process, management techniques and accountability in improved management techniques.
Industrial Unrest
A paper written by Bordogna reveal the theme about employee power within Europe where a resurgence of different types and forms of industrial unrest during recent years starting from the case of kidnapping of managers from some companies to street children and other types of violence. The actions by trade unions and employees could have been triggered by the global economic cases, where employees protested against redundancy pay, lay-off and relocation in regions where welfare standards and wages were low. The strike activities have diverted from ancient manufacturing to service sector, while ancient manufacturing underwent employment contractions. The method of response that emerges in this study occurred through strategic militant management.
what this research study contributed to the knowledge on this
The research has contributed on the knowledge of the various changes that have occurred in the field of international relation. The research has indicated clearly that the some of the policies implemented by the various governments to address the climate changes have profound effect on the industrials relations. Moreover the research has indicated how various labor laws implemented for instance in countries such as China have affected the various industrials relation. It is also evident that the research has contributed on the knowledge of how the trade unions have contributed in the changes in the industrial.
Recommendations for future research
The author has suggested that it is important for various governments when developing policies to deal with changes in climate to incorporate industrial relation values. This can help to ensure that policies implemented also put into consideration the various industrial relation. Moreover the author suggests that it is also important that when various governments are developing policies and various labor laws to consult the trade unions. This can help to reduce the industrial unrest experienced in various countries.
