“Compare and contrast the extent and location of collective and individual bargaining in Britain and USA.”
Introduction
The collective and individual bargaining systems that are in place in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) have numerous similarities and differences. This essay concentrates on the extent and location of collective and individual bargaining in these two countries. Collective bargaining is the process whereby workers organise collectively and bargain with employers regarding the workplace. In various national labour and employment law contexts, collective bargaining takes on a more specific legal meaning. In a broad sense, however, it is the coming together of workers to negotiate their employment. Basically, individual bargaining is same as collective bargaining. However, collective bargaining is relation of group of employees and employers while individual bargaining is the relation of one employee between employers. (ref) makes clear that individual bargaining is an agreement which concluded one employee's organisations and one employer determine employment relations between employers and employees with a company activity; individual bargaining is negotiations between a single employee and his employer. It is important to note that all the differences and similarities of the two respective countries could not be included in this essay due to the word restriction.
In the United Kingdom collective bargaining has become, and has received endorsement for many years as, the dominant and most appropriate means of regulating workers' terms and conditions of employment. An example of such an endorsement comes from Tony Blair (1999) when he stated that “I see trade unions as a force for good, an essential part of ou ...