Historical development of industrial relations in Sweden and the joint industrial councils

在分析二战后瑞典劳资关系的历史发展时，人们通常把注意力集中在中心组织和集体谈判制度上。在这项研究中，我调查了联合工业理事会在沃尔沃1948年至1976年。理事会开展了各种活动，雇主和雇员在理事会上共同努力解决公司的问题。例如，理事会组织了职业培训、职业安全和健康、学习活动和建议制度。我们甚至可以看到1976年后MBL系统的活动的连续性。沃尔沃联合理事会的活动不仅受中央组织之间协议的制约，而且有自己的活力。因此，如果不考虑诸如联合工业委员会的发展等地方动力，我们就无法理解瑞典劳资关系的历史发展以及MBL（关于参与决策权的法律）的进程。

When we analyze historical development of Swedish industrial relations after the Second World War, we have usually pay attentions to the central organizations and collective bargaining system. In this study I investigated the joint industrial council in Volvo from 1948 to 1976. The council, where employer and employee united efforts in solving the problems in the company, developed various activities. For example, the council organized vocational training, occupational safety and health, study activities and the suggestion system. We can see even the continuity of the activities to MBL-system after 1976. Activities of Volvo's joint council had not only regulated by agreements between central organizations but also had its own dynamism. So we cannot understand historical development of industrial relations in Sweden and the process to MBL (law concerning right of participation in decision making) without consideration of local dynamism such as development of the joint industrial councils.