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Union recognition in Britain's offshore oil and gas industry: implications of the Employment Relations Act 1999

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The Employment Relations Act 1999 (ERA) has provided trade unions in the UK with new opportunities for achieving recognition. After a long history of anti‐unionism in the offshore oil and gas industry, employers have voluntarily ceded recognition to Trades Union Congress (TUC)‐affiliated trade unions. The legitimacy of this recognition process has been contested by the non‐TUC Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC), an offshore workers’ union, seeking to act as a recognised bargaining agent. The ERA may be promoting ‘business friendly’ agreements at the expense of claims to recognition of other bargaining agents and of democratic employee choice.

Source: Industrial Relations Journal

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00318.x

Authors: Charles Woolfson, Matthias Beck

Institutions: University of Glasgow, University of Latvia, Queen's University Belfast, Glasgow Caledonian University

Language: English

Topic: Labor Movements and Unions

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2100670575

FWCI: 1.993

Cites: 9

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10