World Employment Report 2001

Negotiating the new economy: The effect of ICT on industrial relations

Andrew Bibby
www.andrewbibby.com

This study was prepared as a background paper for the World
Employment Report 2001 and is given here in its original form

  1. The end of "industrial" relations?
  2. Industrial relations: Privatisation and disintermediation?
  3. An industry in transition: The example of the telecoms sector
  4. Industrial relations: Business as usual?
    1. Global collective agreements and institutional reform
    2. Vocational training and lifelong learning
    3. Occupational safety and health
  5. Industrial relations and the "atypical" worker – Agency workers
  6. Industrial relations and the "atypical" worker – Self-employed
  7. Widening the negotiating agenda: On-line rights
  8. Widening the negotiating agenda: Electronic surveillance and privacy
  9. Widening the negotiating agenda: Copyright and intellectual property rights
  10. Making use of the opportunities of new technology
  11. Conclusion

Figure 1: Unionisation of freelance journalists in 28 European countries, compared with overall levels of union membership

Table 1: Union members, selected countries, 1990-1998
Table 2: Union members, selected countries, 1990-1998
Table 3: Union members, selected countries, 1990-1998
Table 4: Union members, selected countries, 1990-1998
Table 5: Likely work-related needs which a new breed of flexible worker could be expected to have
Table 6: Actual union membership and total potential membership at the stage when an industry was entering into transition in many countries.
Table 7: Teleworkers in selected countries
Table 8: Contingent workers in Silicon Valley, California, 1984 and 1997
Table 9: Temporary work agencies in Silicon Valley, California, 1997
Table 10: Average annual growth of self-employment and total civilian employment, 1990-1998
Table 11: Electronic monitoring by employers, United States of America, 1997-2000