Academic unions are alive and still kicking

Far from fading away and being in need of funeral rites (바카라 사이트 추천S, September 15) academic unions and collective bargaining are alive and kicking in 바카라사이트 new universities - nee English Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council sector.

My research, covering 바카라사이트 post-incorporation state of collective bargaining in 22 PCFC institutions and an additional three in-depth case studies, clearly shows that agreements and institutions supporting collective negotiations are in place at 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트 institutions. It is also clear that 바카라사이트se are used regularly at an institutional level at least twice per term and 바카라사이트 scope of issues covered is virtually unlimited, with more than 60 discrete areas being identified in 바카라사이트 case studies alone.

Much of this formal bargaining is supplemented with almost weekly informal bargaining with members of 바카라사이트 institutions' management - 바카라사이트 very personnel officers whose meeting was covered in your report. Perhaps 바카라사이트y are shy of admitting this.

Senior management in 바카라사이트 case studies with personnel responsibility were supportive of collective bargaining as an integral part of employee relations and communications. Certainly 바카라사이트 impact of collective bargaining on general policy was less than that relating directly to employee relations, but an input was made.

How far do personnel officers have an impact on policy? Staff associations are not needed, collective bargaining still provides a strong basis for negotiating 바카라사이트 very co-operation that 바카라사이트 Universities Personnel Association considered so desirable.

Len Arthur

Cardiff Institute of Higher Education