Industrial Peace, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author:
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428739942
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace, Vol. 3 With the appearance of the current number industrial peace enters upon the second year of its existence. Birthdays being privileged occasions, this seems a suitable time to review our brief past and to lay plans for What we hope may prove, if not a permanent, at least a more than ephemeral future. The idea of starting a monthly publication devoted, on the one hand, to fighting against the disintegrating influences of Marxism, Syndicalism and anti-nationalism, and, on the other hand, to supporting constructive endeavours directed towards the improvement of the conditions under which the workers play their part in industry, arose out of the following considerations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author:
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334474712
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace, 1921, Vol. 9 War conditions have passed; compulsory arbitration has been abolished; the wage-determining principles quoted above have ceased to operate to the exclusion of all others. Em plovers are no longer employed upon Government contracts, the terms of which could be adjusted to meet the new obligations imposed by the arbitration awards, nor are they busily employed making up arrears for a hungry market. They are once more subjected to world competitive forces and to all the risks of the commercial market. They no longer accept the principle that wages should be determined solely and exclusively by the cost of living for the reason, they say, that they are powerless in the matter. It is not what thev desire but what they can fulfil that they are able to promise. They are no longer their own masters; and precisely because they cannot guarantee profits to themselves they cannot guarantee to the workers a wage solely determined by the cost of living. Thus we return to pre-war conditions. Arbi tration once more retires to the background. There is no common acceptance of governing principles. The recent coal dispute serves as an admirable illustration. The miners demanded an entirely new principle of payment in the national pool. Arbitration on such a claim was impossible. Either one side had to surrender to the other or a compromise had to be effected. A compromise was only negotiated after a long and exhausting struggle. Manufacturers to-day claim that an industry should pay in wages what that industry can bear. If the unions insisted on wage reductions corresponding only to the cost of living a series of deadlocks would follow from which arbitration would offer no means of escape. Such a deadlock occurred between the shipyard joiners and their employers. But the vast majority of unions are now recognising the futility of insisting upon the cost of living as the only factor determining the wages which they will permit their members to accept, and are admitting the importance of the principle laid down by the employers and endeavouring to secure the best bargainpossible in the circumstances. It is not merely a wise policy: it is the only possible policy. It carries with it a serious responsibility which all employers' associations should accept without hesitation. If the latter contend that an industry cannot hear a higher rate than they propose they should be prepared to support their case with evidence. It is not sufficient merely to repeat vague assertions. The union representatives are justified in requesting that all the relevant facts relating to the industry should be placed before them, so that they may not only be in a position to negotiate a fair rate in the circumstances of the case, but be able, in turn, to convince their own constituents of the inherent justice of the agreement, and prevail upon them to accept it as o ering the best that the economic situation permits. Negotiation - even prolonged and delicate negotiation with a deadlock here and there based upon publicity and the placing of all the cards upon the table, is preferable to crude arbitration as a method of dealing with the present condition of affairs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330542194
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace, Vol. 7 A few months ago a committee representative of the Labour movement was appointed to investigate the causes of the rise in the cost of living, and it is expected that at least an interim report will be submitted to the Trade Union Congress, which will have met before these lines appear in print. We welcome the investigation for two reasons. In the first place the charge is frequently made against the Labour party that it has offered no practicable alternative to the present economic policy of the Government. For it is argued that to express the ultimate intention of substituting State ownership for private competitive enterprise is not to provide any constructive policy for immediate application; and that if the Labour party achieved a majority and took up the reins of government in the near future, it would be forced, by the necessities of the case, to continue the policy pursued by the present administration. The first condition of successful constructive effort is accurate knowledge of the present situation and the factors responsible for its creation. In the second place the enquiry provides a test of sincerity and capacity. An ex parte statement, based upon 'selected' evidence, or resulting from sheer inability to interpret evidence honestly sought, would produce more harm than good; but a document which was scientific in the true sense of the term, distinguishing the inevitable from the avoidable, would enhance the reputation of the Labour movement. Nor is it unlikely that the Committee will rise to the level of its opportunity and responsibility. It is fairly strong, and includes economists accustomed to gather and to weigh evidence. We hope that in its report the Committee will first of all examine the existing methods of measuring changes in the level of prices. A considerable section of industrial workers - particularly of local leaders - profoundly mistrust the present official index number, which is accepted by arbitration tribunals and Government departments in dealing with applications for advances in wages. There should be, above all things, confidence in the departmental enquiries upon which the results are based, and it is therefore of the first importance that the Committee should bring these enquiries under review and either criticise or approve them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Alex Ramsay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330562819
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Terms of Industrial Peace The labour question is one of those which in some form or other is constantly, and not always pleasantly, being brought to our notice. The relations between Capital and Labour, and the effect which they will presently have upon our productive power as an industrial people, have recently been considerably discussed. In the following pages I have attempted to state the case fairly, as one who has seen both sides of the problem, and to outline a scheme whereby the two contending elements may be brought together. The discussion is brief, and much more could be said, but an engineer who controls labour employed upon munitions is much too busy at the moment to do more than sketch his ideas, even though the subject be of such supreme importance and the problems involved those with which he is daily coming into contact. In writing this book I have made a very sincere attempt to approach the subject from a strictly neutral standpoint; with the result, doubtless, that I shall be told by some of my labour friends that the proposals do not go far enough, and by some employers that they go much further than is desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: A. C. Pigou
Publisher: London : Macmillan
ISBN: 9780483162983
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace The intervals between successive wage settlements ought 'in economic strictness to be infinitesimal. In real life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: St. Catherine Press
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428770716
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace, Vol. 4 Like everything else in this imperfect world, Trade Unionism has its shortcomings as well as its merits. Upon the latter there is no need to expatiate, for everybody acknowledges the debt which Labour owes to the principle and practice of com bination. When, however, we come to analyse this question of industrial conscription, we shall find it difficult to avoid the conclusion that the essence of effective Trade Unionism resides in its power to coerce the individual in the interest, real or supposed, of the majority of his associated comrades. There are three stages in the development of human society. In the first stage, the crude advantage of supplanting a rival is obvious and elementary. In the second stage, the lesson is learnt that unity is strength, the group prevails against the individual, the stronger group against the weaker, and the combination of groups against the group which stands alone. But as yet the lesson has been learnt only in part, for whilst much is gained by combination, more is lost by dissension. This truth has been revealed in startling fashion, and on an immense scale, by the great war. The unification of the German Empire was a sectional achievement of the first magni tude, but it brought disaster in its train because it sought to dominate the whole world by force. Now at last we know that there is a third stage, and that, in international politics at any rate, the interest of the whole transcends the interest of the part, and that is why, sooner or later, there is going to be a League of Nations to compel even the strongest group to remember the obligations which it owes to its neighbours. In the fields of British industry, however, we are only 1n the second stage. The third lesson is still unlearnt. Sectional amalgamation is all the vogue, and strong combinations, such as the Triple Alliance of Miners, Railwaymen and Transport Workers, are tempted to flatter themselves that they can coerce the individual until the machine is invincible, and, when this is accomplished, that they can proceed to dominate the country and impose their will upon a prostrate nation. May the example of Germany serve as a warning against any such false deductions. Initial advantages they may secure, but, in the long run, history will repeat itself, and a majority, called into being, like the Grand Alliance, by the stress of a common and imminent danger, will arise and overthrowthose who would usurp sovereign power in the interest of a minority - formidable though it may be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Nicholas Paine Gilman
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266229681
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Methods of Industrial Peace There is a surprising lack of books in the English language on the vital matter Of industrial peace. Four or five small volumes, the latest now ten years old, exhaust the list. I have embraced the opportunity thus Offered to treat the subject more comprehensively than has yet been done, and to bring the treatment down to the present year. Discussions of such matters have been rendered more profitable by the recent introduction of the term collective bargaining and by the discrimination of mediation, conciliation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author:
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332941943
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace, Vol. 6 IN former articles we have discussed the various forces which tend to come into operation when industry is carried on under competitive conditions. The attitude of the law of this country hitherto has been that the interests of the community. As regards industry. Will be well served if buyers and sellers are left to compete freely among themselves. Competition among buyers will ensure a fair price to the seller. And the competition of the sellers among themselves will prevent undue exactions from the consumer. But in fact, competition - free competition - is no longer the characteristic of Western industry. In some industries the march of inven tion has given us services which depend for their efficiency on single control, whilst in others, the obvious waste of competitive production for uncertain markets has led the manufacturer to combine with his competitors in so-called Trusts. Combines. And Kartells. Free competition has already ceased to exist in many fields of industry, and the tendency is undoubtedly towards closer and more widespread combination. There is a growing feeling that the laissez-jaire policy which was considered so excellent in a free country is inadequate in face of this subtle change from competition to combination, and that the principle of award in proportion to useful activity is no longer operative. The disorganisation of the war has aggravated the appearance of evil. And Communist and Syndicalist agitators too readily exploit real grievances for ends that cannot cure them. What is monopoly? How. And why does it arise? Is it good or is it bad? What are the alternatives? We shall endeavour here to give as simply as possible the elementary facts and theory of the case. The future aspect of the problem and constructive measures for its solution will be dealt with in another series of articles beginning in our April issue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: W. Jett Lauck
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656150595
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 588

View

Book Description
Excerpt from The Industrial Code: A Survey of the Postwar Industrial Situation, a Review of Wartime Developments in Industrial Relations, and a Proposal Looking to Permanent Industrial Peace For invaluable assistance in preparing this appendix, the authors wish to acknowledge their indebtedness to Mr. H. S. Hanna, Director Of the Bureau Of Applied Economics, Washington, D. C. Access has been given to the unpublished material of the Bureau and it has been freely used by the authors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: L. L. F. R. Price
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484657198
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 166

View

Book Description
Excerpt from Industrial Peace: Its Advantages, Methods, and Difficulties; A Report of an Inquiry Made for the Toynbee Trustess But he was impatient with the attitude of passionless observation, which he thought many of the older economists took. Some of their studies of the way in which competition works itself out, seemed to him like the exercises of a chess player, delighting in brilliant combinations, and without a sigh for the knights or the pawns who may be sacrificed on the Way. Economic problems were to him pregnant with the fates of the suffering toilers whom he knew so well, and he could not bear to have them treated as mere exercises of analytical reasoning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.