Bullock Report (industrial democracy)
- Bullock Report (industrial democracy)
The Bullock Report was a report proposing for a form of worker participation or workers control, named for Alan Bullock. The idea was seen by some as a way to solve the chronic industrial disputes, by others as the next stage forward for socialism.
History
A Committee of Enquiry into Industrial Democracy was set up by the Labour government of Harold Wilson in December 1975, in response to the European Commission's Fifth Directive which sought to harmonise worker participation in management of companies across Europe. Its terms of reference started with the words::Accepting the need for a radical extension of industrial democracy in the control of companies by means of representation on boards of directors, and accepting the essential role of trade union organisations in this process to consider how such an extension can best be achieved ...[Jenkins, Clive & Sherman, Barrie. "Collective bargaining" (1977). p.148 et.seq.] ]The committee, chaired by Bullock, published its report in January 1977. This report was not unanimous, as a majority report it was signed by Bullock and as members of the committee: three trade unionists, two academics and a city solicitor. A minority report was produced by the three industrialists on the committee.
There was also strong opposition to the report from many who might have been expected to support it, including the Institute for Workers' Control.
ee also
*British labour law
*UK company law
Notes
References
* Report of the Commission on Industrial Democracy, London, HMSO, 1977
* Jenkins, Clive & Sherman, Barrie. "Collective bargaining" (1977). London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7100-8691-1.
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