Author : G. D. Robertson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332146420
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (464 download)
Book Synopsis Joint Councils in Industry, Vol. 1 by : G. D. Robertson
Download or read book Joint Councils in Industry, Vol. 1 written by G. D. Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Joint Councils in Industry, Vol. 1: Issued as a Supplement to the Labour Gazette, February, 1921 In view of the increasing desire on the part of both employers and employees for information in connection with plans for securing a permanent improvement in the relations of employers and workers, the following notes have been compiled on the principles and practices governing Industrial Councils and Works Committees in Canada, Great Britain and the United States: Canada. It will be recalled that in April 1919, a Royal Commission known as the Royal Commission on Industrial Relations, was appointed by the Dominion Government "to consider and make suggestions for securing a permanent improvement in the relations between employers and employees" and "to recommend means for insuring that industrial conditions affecting relations between employers and employees shall be reviewed from time to time by those concerned, with a view to improving conditions in the future." In order to secure the necessary basis for recommendations along these lines, the Commission was authorized to "obtain information as to the character and extent of organization already existing among bodies of employers and employees respectively" and to "investigate available data as to the progress made by established Joint Industrial Councils in Canada, Great Britain and the United States." The Commission on Industrial Relations, itself a body representing the public, employers and employed, held sessions in all the large industrial centres from the Pacific to the Atlantic and considered the proposals and views of any persons or associations who cared to appear before it. In the report submitted by the Commission, it was stated: "There is urgent necessity for greater co-operation between employer and employed. The great obstacle to such co-operation is the suspicion and distrust with which in many cases each regards the other." A recommendation was made in favour of the formation of Joint Industrial Councils and Works Committees; the Commission also advised "that the Government should interest itself in the development of these councils and that a bureau should be established under the Minister of Labour which would compile all available statistics on this subject, undertake publication of developments in this and other countries, maintain officers who would be available to give assistance and act as liaison officers between employer and workers where desire is expressed to create such Councils, and render such other assistance as may be required." The report states, however, that the commissioners "are under no illusions as to industrial councils constituting a universal panacea for all industrial troubles. Their usefulness will depend upon the spirit in which they are adopted. " About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
