International Industrial Relations and the Future of U.S. Labor Policy
Introduction
The Dunlop Commission presented a report that was based on the future or worker-management relations with focus being on the vital issues between staff and their managers as result of a slow economic growth, still salary and limitation of the blue—collar jobs (Federal Publications, December 1994). The commission changed in law and the collective bargaining procedures to limit conflict and manner of creating solutions a well as to develop productivity by creating cooperation of labor and staff involvement.
According to the commission’s findings, there have been a drift from processed goods being created to the service sector, technology has played a significant role in information exchange, several people are involved in the workforce like women, and there is a disproportionate graph between the working hours and the size of income received by the workers.
The report however does not focus on functional recommendations that lay focus on the anxiety of the people who are giving it their all to work long hours while at the end they take home meager wages. The jobs at the end are quite insecure to rely on (Adams, Nov 1, 2005). The Dunlop commission should focus on transforming the labor laws to do away with hindrances to group-based management in setting s that do not involve unions.
The staff should be allowed speak for themselves and not use some designated person to stand in for them. It is through this that the enterprises are able to elevate their competitive position. It is hence that credibility would be acquired and become more productive. On the part of the workers, their involvement and commitment would be on the high. The companies should also bring about programs that are geared towards involving workers when making decision so as to better make use of the staff’s ability.
Bibliography
Adams, A. (Nov 1, 2005). Policy Implications for the Future. Presidential Commission: Worker-Management Relations.
Publications, F. (December 1994). The Dunlop Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations. U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations.
