Redundancy Practices in Four Industries: A Comparison of Structural Redundancy Practices in the Railway, Steel Cotton Textiles and Telecommunications Industries of the United States and the United Kingdom |
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Alain Touraine British Railways British Railways Board British steel bumping Chapter closures collective bargaining companies compensation conciliation grades considerations contrast cotton industry cotton textile industry countries development of redundancy differences in redundancy dismissed workers economic and technological employees employment examined existence extent fact factors firms formal important inter-country inter-industry differences inter-occupational transfers internal transfers Kaiser Steel Kingdom cotton textile large number lay-off major manpower natural attrition negotiated non-operating occupations OECD operated organisation period redundancy agreement redundancy policies redundancy practices redundancy problems redundancy provisions redundancy schemes redundancy situations redundant workers relocation allowances reorganisation retraining Secondly sector seniority units severance pay scheme steel industry structural change structural redundancy supplementary unemployment benefit technological change telecommunications telephone and telegraph tinplate total job security trade unions uniformity United Kingdom cotton United Kingdom railways United States cotton United States railways United States steel USWA variations wage maintenance Washington Agreement whilst workshop Yes Yes Yes