them with their employers.
These measures include performance related pay, individual contracts. no strike agreements and binding arbitration, union facilities and the abolition of the check off svetem where union dues are deducted Wed team leafters, often with clected team are promoted by management as an alternative to unions, and workers are encouraged to look to their team leaders, rather than shop stewards, to solve problems.
The aim of course is to make it appear that pay and conditions depend on individual effort and not on collective union action. At Nissan's Sunderland plant workers But it is not necessary for teams to play this role in every workplace. In education for example the focus is much more on individuals teachers, and instead of team monitoring the emphasis is on formal appraisal systems The changing character of the workforce involves increased use of part-time workers and temporary workers and stepped-up sub-contracting. In Japan this has played a very important role.
The so-called lifetime employment system in lauxe companies has rested on a huge network of smaller firms which carry out subcontracting work in appalling Contense provide very insecure employ. ment. In large companies temporary workers have faced parWe would like to register We enciose f Name/position/organisation Contact address Cheques payable to Socialist Movement (TU) Send to Carolyn Sikorski 53a Geere Road, London E15 3PN people for the Unshackle the Unions Conference (E10 waged/ £3 unwaged per person)
Phone No. 23 June 13, 1992
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