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The recommendations of a committee that has been studying
worker-management relations since May 1993 were released today.
John T. Dunlop, chair of the Commission on the Future of
Worker-Management Relations, presented the commission's recommendations to
Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich and Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown.
Reich said, "I am impressed at the hard work and
dedication this commission displayed while tackling such a thorny and complex
area. I am looking forward to reviewing the report in detail. Change is never
easy, and the American workplace has undergone dramatic transformations in the
past fifty years. We need to update our thinking to be prepared for the next
century."
"The commission's work reflects our understanding that
technology and global integration are changing our economy and that, in order
to stay competitive, we must change with it. It is imperative that we find new
ways that the public and private sectors, and labor and management, can build
new partnerships that will keep our economy growing," Brown said.
The Dunlop Commission, which includes three former
secretaries of labor and a former secretary of commerce as well as
representatives from academia, business and labor, was asked to investigate and
report on three primary issues:
- What (if any) new methods or institutions should be encouraged or
required to enhance workplace productivity through labor-management cooperation
and employee participation.
- What (if any) changes should be made in the present legal framework
and which collective bargaining practices should be altered to enhance
cooperative behavior, improve productivity and reduce conflict and delay.
- What (if anything) should be done to increase the extent to which
workplace problems are directly resolved by the parties themselves, rather than
through state and federal courts and government bodies.
Dunlop stressed, "The report and recommendations of the
commission are directed to the questions raised in the mission statement; each
question was considered separately, but the issues of the commission's
recommendations constitute a highly interdependent whole."
The report and recommendations released today come after a
comprehensive examination of worker-management relations including extensive
hearings and testimony from all communities associated with worker-management
relations.
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