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A comparison between models of industrial relations in the US and the UK, with particular reference to the role of trades unions and government, and an analysis of the way in which different models of corporate governance in various countries affect labour relations. Bibliography lists 7 sources
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in the US, are due to the different perceptions within the two cultures of the role of government in the economy and the primacy of freedom of capital. As Marles
(2004) points out, this has had an impact not only on the way in which industry has developed since the latter part of the 19th century, but also the kind
of interaction which exists between government, workers and management. Marles asserts, for example, that in the US there is "no consensus between labour and capital (but) in a modern and
mature market economy where the interests of labour are . . different from those of capital" there is a state of "war" between employers and those representing the interests of
working people (Marles, 2004, PG). It is certainly the case that
in the US, there is a much higher priority given to individual enterprise and the promotion of the free market than is the case in the UK, and clearly the
country has high levels of productivity on both a national and a global scale. However, as Marles notes, there is also a massive gap between the income levels of rich
and poor, and despite the existence of trade unions, poor representation of workers rights and workers interests in comparison to the UK. The American industrial model discourages the intervention of
government in industry, which supports the development of the free market, but at the same time means that workers are left with little protection. In Britain, on the other hand,
industrial relations have tended to derive from the complex interaction between government, employers and workers: the primacy of capital and the freedom of the market has depended mainly on the
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