Final Offer Arbitration in Great Britain: Style and Impact
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in National Institute Economic Review
- Vol. 142 (1) , 75-87
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002795019214200105
Abstract
Within the last decade a number of British workplaces have signed agreements incorporating final-offer arbitration (FOA), a well known procedure in the US but unusual in British industrial relations. This is the first thorough study of recent British experience. Data are drawn from a postal survey of 72 plants, yielding information on nearly 300 wage bargaining rounds, and from interviews with eight managers at FOA plants which had disputes under the procedure. A full picture of the style and impact of FOA procedures in British workplaces is documented.Keywords
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