Transcription of COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: LEVELS AND COVERAGE*
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Chapter 5 COLLECTIVE bargaining : LEVELS AND COVERAGE* A. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN FINDINGS Industrial relations systems, operating at national, sectoral and local LEVELS , play an important role in deter- mining economic and labour market performance. They constitute a web of rules relating economic agents who, while pursuing their self-interests, generally find it beneficial to reach a degree of consent and some form of (more or less conflictual) co-operation. In providing pro- cedures for consensus-building and conflict resolution, these arrangcments are shaped by specific national legis- lation and labour market conditions, and by each country s prevailing attitudes towards work, conflict and co-operation. There are many ways to analyse systems of labour relations in OECD countries. For example, Chapter 4 of the 1991 Employment Outlook examined trade union density (the proportion of workers who are union mem- bers), and noted widely differing rates of unionisation across countries, ranging from around 10 per cent in France to over 80 per cent in Sweden.
Chapter 5 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: LEVELS AND COVERAGE* A. INTRODUCTION AND MAIN FINDINGS Industrial relations systems, operating at national, sectoral and local levels, play an important role in deter-
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