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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 10. 24 May 1972

Industrial Unrest

Industrial Unrest

As most of us know, much industrial unrest is not the result of militant pay demands. The seemingly senseless walk outs in production line and other industries is a reflection of a deep frustration directly connected with job satisfaction and the present place of the individual in the impersonal production chain.

Recent experiments in America have shown that firms can sharply reduce chronic absenteeism by reorganising jobs to give workers a feeling of greater effectiveness and a sense of achievement. Instead of the emphasis by employers on trying to make jobs more efficient they should try to make them more interesting. Managerial layers should be cut out wherever possible to give individual more autonomy and a greater scope to use their talents. Substantive profit-sharing should be introduced. Not only would industrial harmonly be improved but increased personal fulfillment and a sense of occupational effective ness would make for a healthier society.