Ireland's conundrum on union bargaining rights: assessing the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2015
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Ireland's conundrum on union bargaining rights : assessing the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2015. / Dobbins, Tony; Cullinane, Niall; Sheehan, Brian.
In: Industrial Relations Journal, 12.02.2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Ireland's conundrum on union bargaining rights
T2 - assessing the Industrial Relations Amendment Act 2015
AU - Dobbins, Tony
AU - Cullinane, Niall
AU - Sheehan, Brian
PY - 2020/2/12
Y1 - 2020/2/12
N2 - Anglophone countries address the question of workplace‐level union bargaining rights via the mechanism of statutory recognition. Existing literature has evaluated such regimes as underpinned by several weaknesses. In contrast, Ireland presents an unusual case whereby the question of bargaining rights is resolved via collective dispute resolution procedures combining voluntary and statutory provisions. However, employer challenges and civil court rulings resulted in the weakening of these procedures from a trade union perspective. We assess the latest attempts to reform the Irish provisions via the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, evaluating the implications for unions and their capacity to represent members' on pay and working conditions in comparison to Anglophone statutory recognition regimes.
AB - Anglophone countries address the question of workplace‐level union bargaining rights via the mechanism of statutory recognition. Existing literature has evaluated such regimes as underpinned by several weaknesses. In contrast, Ireland presents an unusual case whereby the question of bargaining rights is resolved via collective dispute resolution procedures combining voluntary and statutory provisions. However, employer challenges and civil court rulings resulted in the weakening of these procedures from a trade union perspective. We assess the latest attempts to reform the Irish provisions via the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015, evaluating the implications for unions and their capacity to represent members' on pay and working conditions in comparison to Anglophone statutory recognition regimes.
KW - collective bargaining
KW - dispute resolution
KW - Ireland
KW - union recognition
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079388642&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/irj.12281
DO - 10.1111/irj.12281
M3 - Article
JO - Industrial Relations Journal
JF - Industrial Relations Journal
SN - 0019-8692
ER -