Towards More Disorganised Decentralisation? Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector Under Pay Restraint

While sector-level collective bargaining can provide the institutional leverage to sustain and improve employment standards, a proliferation of disorganised local settlements may reduce its effectiveness. This article examines this proposition for local government in the UK, highlights the risks of a ‘destructive’ disorganisation of employment relations and calls for a renewal of articulation mechanisms between sector and local levels of collective bargaining.

虽然行业层面的集体谈判能够提供制度上的影响力来维持和提高就业标准，但大量无序的地方协议可能会降低其有效性。本文针对英国地方政府研究了这一命题，强调了就业关系“破坏性”无序的风险，并呼吁更新行业和地方层面集体谈判之间的衔接机制。