Introduction: International experiences of multilevel collective bargaining and lessons for implementation

TY - JOUR

T1 - Introduction

T2 - International experiences of multilevel collective bargaining and lessons for implementation

AU - Grimshaw, Damian

N1 - Damian Grimshaw is Professor of Employment Studies at King's College London and former Director of Research at the International Labour Organisation.

PY - 2024/6/18

Y1 - 2024/6/18

N2 - There is renewed interest around the world in the potential of multilevel collective bargaining to contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable model of economic development. Motivations vary but cluster around concerns to advance economic justice and equalities, to smooth out instabilities in the macro-economy, and to institutionalise more trusting relations of social dialogue between capital, labour and state to manage the transitions to a digital and green economy. Recent country experiences nevertheless highlight tensions and contradictions in the rollout of new collective bargaining systems and suggest knowledge gaps in the idiosyncrasies of institutional design. This special issue provides a critical appraisal of the empirical evidence to date, guided by industrial relations institutional theory, and identifies lessons for policy and practice in the building and sustaining of effective multilevel bargaining systems.

AB - There is renewed interest around the world in the potential of multilevel collective bargaining to contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable model of economic development. Motivations vary but cluster around concerns to advance economic justice and equalities, to smooth out instabilities in the macro-economy, and to institutionalise more trusting relations of social dialogue between capital, labour and state to manage the transitions to a digital and green economy. Recent country experiences nevertheless highlight tensions and contradictions in the rollout of new collective bargaining systems and suggest knowledge gaps in the idiosyncrasies of institutional design. This special issue provides a critical appraisal of the empirical evidence to date, guided by industrial relations institutional theory, and identifies lessons for policy and practice in the building and sustaining of effective multilevel bargaining systems.

KW - collective bargaining

KW - decent work

KW - social dialogue

KW - multilevel bargaining

KW - SDG 8

M3 - Review article

SN - 0020-7780

JO - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW

JF - INTERNATIONAL LABOUR REVIEW

ER -