In May of 1982, the Industrial Union Department's (IUD) Labor Policy Institute initiated a project to assess the impact on trade unions and collective bargaining of worker participation or quality of worklife plans.Individual unions have had different experiences with, and reactions to, such programs.In some cases unions have rejected such plans, citing their negative impact on collective bargaining.In other situations, typically those involving unions that have been integrally involved in for mulating and operating worker participation programs, the reaction has been much more positive.Given this diversity, we thought that it would be useful to sponsor research that could document the variety of positive and negative experiences unions have encountered.Professor Tom Kochan from MIT, who undertook the research with his colleagues Harry Katz and Nancy Mower, has had wide experience in the field of industrial relations.In addition, a number of IUD affiliates assisted the MIT researchers in defining the questions and helped assess the results of the study.We owe special thanks to those unions which made special efforts to facilitate access to members and officials for Pro fessor Kochan and his associates.We feel that this study is a useful tool for workers considering par ticipation in QWL and QWL-related schemes.Those contemplating such approaches will, as a result of this research, be better able to identify pit falls as well as a variety of means for enhancing the potential success of their efforts.
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