Some outcomes of these types have been examined in previous studies concerning
the effects of unions in the UK. Blanchflower et al. (1991) estimated that unionisation
resulted in a reduction of employment at workplace level in the early 1980s. They
viewed this as the result of unions imposing costs on employers, whereas some managerial
literature (e.g. Cappelli, 1999; Womack and Jones, 1994) sees reduction in
employee numbers as evidence of advanced and competitive labour policies. Again,
the greater adoption of some HR practices at unionised workplaces in the UK has
been previously reported (Millward, 1994), while Wood and de Menezes (1998) concluded
that unionised workplaces were neither more nor less likely to be characterised
by a combination of ‘high commitment’ HR practices; a similar conclusion has been
reached, with respect to new workplaces, by Wood and Machin (2003). An extended
analysis covering the full HPWS concept (e.g. as defined in Appelbaum et al., 2000)
in relation to unionisation has not to our knowledge been attempted with British data.
Turning to employee welfare, Forth and Millward (2000) found unionisation (variously
defined) to be positively linked to the provision of occupational pensions and
of sick pay above the statutory level. Bewley and Fernie (2003) found that union
recognition was linked to parental leave and to financial help with childcare, but not
to a range of other family-related provisions. No study of unionisation has, however,
considered the full range of employee welfare variables or viewed them side by side
with employer policies concerning labour/HR practices.
Some outcomes of these types have been examined in previous studies concerningthe effects of unions in the UK. Blanchflower et al. (1991) estimated that unionisationresulted in a reduction of employment at workplace level in the early 1980s. Theyviewed this as the result of unions imposing costs on employers, whereas some managerialliterature (e.g. Cappelli, 1999; Womack and Jones, 1994) sees reduction inemployee numbers as evidence of advanced and competitive labour policies. Again,the greater adoption of some HR practices at unionised workplaces in the UK hasbeen previously reported (Millward, 1994), while Wood and de Menezes (1998) concludedthat unionised workplaces were neither more nor less likely to be characterisedby a combination of ‘high commitment’ HR practices; a similar conclusion has beenreached, with respect to new workplaces, by Wood and Machin (2003). An extendedanalysis covering the full HPWS concept (e.g. as defined in Appelbaum et al., 2000)in relation to unionisation has not to our knowledge been attempted with British data.Turning to employee welfare, Forth and Millward (2000) found unionisation (variouslydefined) to be positively linked to the provision of occupational pensions andof sick pay above the statutory level. Bewley and Fernie (2003) found that unionrecognition was linked to parental leave and to financial help with childcare, but notto a range of other family-related provisions. No study of unionisation has, however,considered the full range of employee welfare variables or viewed them side by sidewith employer policies concerning labour/HR practices.
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