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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

Summary of the article

            The article on changing industrial international relation mainly addresses the various changes that have occurred in the field of industrial relation. The article analyses the various contribution by different authors on the issues related to the industrial relation. Moreover the data analyzed in the article mainly comes from the contribution by different author in the field of industrial relation. The author also makes his own contribution on the various changes that have occurred in the field of industrial relation.

            First, industrial relations have been overlooked in the debate concerning the climate changes. In the recent global conference on the climate indicated that all the nations worldwide must try to develop low carbon economies. This implied that each nation was supposed to reduce the number of industries that emit carbon to the environment. Moreover each nation was required to implement policies to reduce the carbon emission. However such measure to requiring a country to reduce its number of industries emitting the carbon to the environment could also have negative impact to the industrial relation. This mainly because such measures interfere with issues related to equal employment opportunity, job quality among others. Moreover most of the present debates on the climate changes are largely dominate by the environmental and energy specialists. This implies that the issues of unemployment and poverty reduction are not put into account in most of discussion related to climate changes.

            Moreover there have been significant changes in the labor relation in some countries. In China for instance the passing of the labor contract law, which meant to protect the legal rights of the employee as well as the enterprise, had several impact on the labor law contracts. It has lead to the china market becoming more labor oriented.  Moreover the proportion of total property rights have increased and the operation and management are also increasing becoming market oriented. There has also been an increase in the labor and wage conflict in the china’s market economy.  It is also evident that most of the China labor force has become so expensive because of the implementation of these labor laws. Moreover in the Indian market the failure of the state regulation of the model concerning both product market and industrial relation has led to several impacts on employee relation. This is mainly because the trade unions and the employer responded in different ways.  This also led to the increase in the number of work protest.

            Failure of various governments to consult the trade union in the policy development has also led to an increase in the number of strikes in many countries. There has also been dramatic change in the industrial unrest in most of the European countries. The increase in the industrial unrest has been majorly attributed to the current economic world crisis. Moreover, striking activity has been shifted from the traditional manufacturing industries to the service sector. This is mainly because the service sector has continued to remain one of the largest occupational sectors in most of the European countries.

Conclusion

            It is evident that there have been various changes in the international industrial relations. This is mainly due to the adjustment made due to the continuous changes in the world of work. However, it is important when various countries are addressing ways of dealing with the climate changes to incorporate the idea of industrial relation. Moreover it is important for various governments to consider various industrial relations when developing various labor laws. This can help to prevent conflict prevent the labor and the wage conflict. It is also evident that the various governments need to incorporate the trade union in the formulation of the various policies. This can help to lower the number of strikes experienced.