Decentralised bargaining in the Australian automotive assembly industry
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Decentralised bargaining in the Australian automotive assembly industry Russell D. Lansbury, Chris Wright and Marian Baird The University of Sydney This paper examines the evolution of enterprise bargaining in the automotive assembly industry in Australia since the early 1990s. Although there has been a general trend towards greater variation between the four companies in the vehicle assembly sector, strong similarities have persisted in areas such as wages, working hours and redundancy provisions. However, differences are emerging in wage rates between the most and least profi table companies as well as in the use of contract employment, bargaining structures and consultation arrangements at the plant level. As the industry continues to adopt new strategies in order to remain viable in an internationally competitive market, this is likely to create pressures for greater differentiation between the companies in their employment relations and practices in the future.
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"Decentralized Bargaining in a Globalizing Industry: The Automotive Assembly Industry in Australia"
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