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Plant-level company labour agreements and management documents

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Kind company records or reports
Producer Companies
Coverage 1976-1988
Works using it 3

Debates

Debate Works
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy 3
Racial wage gaps, wage convergence and wage determination 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Bendix (1989) Unnamed model company documents (works council constitution, grievance and disciplinary procedures, recognition agreement, strike-handling plan, status quo forms) c.1987-1988 Annexed as practical templates for practitioners rather than as evidence for empirical claims.
Maller (1994) Analysis of JUMEC (joint union/management executive committee) meetings at Volkswagen not stated Used to show the range of issues discussed in the joint forum (model changes, local content, community projects, union demands).
Webster (1984) Barlow Rand statement after the 1976 Heineman dispute 1976 Illustrates management recognition that liaison committees had failed and legislation needed revision.
Webster (1984) Internal management memos on 'right to manage' c. 1983-84 Used to show management anxiety over the 'right to manage' and prerogatives after the frontier of control shifted.