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Nikki James Tutor: Dr Ian Kessler Essay Week 4 Employment Relations Are social partnership agreements a sign of union and management weakness? Social Partnership, "represents an attempt to define a role for trade unionism which balances its central concern to represent employees' interests with a productivist appeal to employers and government." (Claydon, 1998) Social partnership, according to the Trade Union Congress (TUC) is based on four main elements. These elements are: 1) employment security in return for acceptance of new working practices 2) collective employee voice in organisational decision-making through wider consultation 3) fair financial rewards 4) investment in training (Claydon, 1998, Monks, 1998) The idea of a partnership is that the concerns of both employers and employees are addressed. Employers and employees can then identify the issues that are common goals, to create a 'win-win' situation. They can also negotiate conflicts, for example by workers accepting new working practices in return for higher employment security, in...

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