Collective Bargaining Worker Union of Fspsi Surabaya: Study on Concept and Practice of Industrial Relation

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine collective bargaining (negotiation) exercised by worker union as the attempt to arrange collective agreement from the aspect of: concept and approach, Indonesia regulation, and practices by working unit official (PUK) under all indonesia worker union (SPSI) in Surabaya. This paper applies qualitative exploratory method with case study approach by which data collection was implemented through structured interview, obeservation and literature review. The implication of this paper is its contribution in literatur riching concerning principles, techniques, approaches, and process of collective bargaining both in conceptual and empirical side. Besides, practical implication is for company and working unit official as learning material  in subsequent collective bargaining. This paper reveals variations among practices and its concordance with the relevant concept and implementing regulations.