Unions on the Board

Abstract

In the mid to late 1970s, the deliberations of the Bullock Committee on industrial democracy led to a set of proposals for “worker directors” on the boards of large private companies. The proposals generated strong partisan reactions, and many of the current views of political parties, employers and trade unions were shaped during this period. Recently, the trade unions and the Labour Party have reaffirmed their commitment to the Bullock principles in their election programme pledges to develop the planning of industry through an extension of industrial democracy. By contrast, the continuing hostility of the Conservative Party and many employers to the extension of workers' participation through legislation has been shown by the coolness with which they have received the so‐called “Vredeling” proposals from the European Commission on workers' rights to consultation and company information.

Citation

Batstone, E., Ferner, A. and Terry, M. (1983), "Unions on the Board", Employee Relations, Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 2-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055018