Collective Bargaining : A Policy Guide.

Cover -- Copyright page -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Table 1.1 Some benefits of collective bargaining -- Table 4.1 Single- and multi-employer bargaining frameworks -- Table 4.2 Collective bargaining agreements in South Africa -- Table 5.1 Examples of macro and sectoral information -- Table 8.1 Examples of in-house trade union training programmes on collective bargaining in Brazil and Canada -- Table 8.2 Examples of training programmes for employers in Ireland and the Philippines -- Table 8.3 Continuing education programmes on collective bargaining in three universities -- List of Boxes -- Box 1.1 Additional reading on the benefits of collective bargaining -- Box 2.1 Summary of ILO principles on the right to collective bargaining -- Box 3.2 Involving the social partners: The new labour relations framework in South Africa -- Box 4.1 Procedures and machinery for collective bargaining -- Box 4.2 The definition of collective bargaining in Morocco -- Box 4.3 Recognition for the purposes of collective bargaining -- Box 4.4 Levels of bargaining -- Box 5.1 Access to information for meaningful negotiations -- Box 5.2 Japan Productivity Center -- Box 5.3 Wage Councils in Uruguay -- Box 6.1 The settlement of labour disputes -- Box 6.2 Examples of independent public bodies providing conciliation services -- Box 6.3 The Cambodian Arbitration Council -- Box 6.4 Compulsory arbitration -- Box 7.1 Collective Agreements -- Box 7.2 The hierarchy of agreements in Senegal -- Box 7.3 Duration of collective agreements in Belgium -- Box 7.4 Successor rights and obligations in Indonesia -- Box 7.5 The role of the labour inspectorate and collective agreements -- Box 7.6 Labour clauses (public contracts) in Switzerland -- Box 8.1 Collective Bargaining Recommendation, 1981 (No. 163) -- Box 8.2 ACAS negotiation skills workshops.

Box 8.3 Strategic collective bargaining: An introduction for employers -- Box 8.4 Trade union manual on export processing zones (EPZs) -- Box 8.5 Training labour inspectors to promote and protect freedom of association and collectivebargaining rights in the rural sector -- Box 8.6 Promoting collective bargaining in Rwanda -- Box 8.7 Training of trainers on collective bargaining in Colombia -- Box 8.8 Joint union-management negotiation skills -- List of Figures -- Figure 7.1 The typical hierarchy of collective agreements -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Organization of the Guide -- Chapter 1. What is collective bargaining? -- What is collective bargaining? -- The benefits of collective bargaining -- Chapter 2. Collective bargaining and the International Labour Organization -- The normative framework for collective bargaining -- The role of the ILO -- Chapter 3. Promoting collective bargaining -- Promoting collective bargaining: The role of public authorities -- Understanding the context and issues -- Involving the social partners -- Chapter 4. The collective bargaining framework -- Procedures and machinery to facilitate collective bargaining -- Workers covered by the collective bargaining framework -- The parties to collective bargaining -- Recognition of representative parties for the purposes of collective bargaining -- The bargaining level -- Subjects and issues for collective bargaining -- Chapter 5. Encouraging constructive, meaningful and informed negotiations -- Bargaining in good faith -- How can the public authoritiesencourage constructivenegotiations? -- How can the public authorities encourage meaningful and informed negotiations? -- Chapter 6. Preventing and resolving disputes -- The role of the public authorities incollective bargaining disputes -- Dispute prevention -- Dispute resolution.

Chapter 7. Giving effect to collective agreements -- The application of collective agreements -- Giving effect to collective agreements -- Extending the applicability of collective agreements -- Registration, interpretation and observance -- Chapter 8. Strengthening thecapacity of the negotiators -- The importance of training -- Examples of capacity building programmes -- ILO contacts.

This guide aims to support governments in their efforts to examine their industrial relations systems and to build consensus on, implement and monitor policies that promote collective bargaining for sound, fair and productive labour relations.

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