The Role of Trade Union Collective Voice in the Access to Training for Workers in New Zealand

Autor/in	Bryson, Jane
Titel	The Role of Trade Union Collective Voice in the Access to Training for Workers in New Zealand
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training and Development, 24 (2020) 3, S.231-244 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3736
DOI	10.1111/ijtd.12194
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Job Training; Access to Education; Employees; Unions; Participative Decision Making; Employer Employee Relationship; Collective Bargaining; Labor Force Development; Free Enterprise System; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Tarifverhandlung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Freie Wirtschaft; Neuseeland
Abstract	This paper explores trade union collective voice as a mechanism for worker participation in training decision making. New Zealand is an example of a liberal market economy (LME) with relatively weak regulatory pressure on employers to engage in training. Consequently, drivers such as trade union collective voice could fill an important role in workers securing support for training from their employers. The paper argues that given the reduced power of unions in many LMEs workers potentially face a twofold challenge: the first to secure an entitlement to training and the second to have any further participation in training decision making. Using the example of New Zealand, the paper examines whether collective bargaining secures entitlement to training. Then, employing the categorization of approaches to workforce development as either expansive or restrictive, it investigates the nature of that entitlement. Following this, the paper reports on dialogue with trade unions through which a more nuanced picture emerges of collective voice and the challenges to worker participation in training decision making. Finally, it reflects on the role collective voice could play in worker access to training. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01