ABSTRACT
In Hungary, developments in industrial relations at the national level are widely known: the taxi driver blockade in 1990; tripartite negotiations and agreements in the National Council for the Reconciliation of Interests; conflicts among the major trade union confederations in 1991 and 1992, and the Social Security Board elections in 1993. Much less is known about industrial relations at the enterprise level, and about the nature of relations between employers, employees and unions. What kinds of changes are occurring as a result of wider processes of economic and political transformation? What processes are occurring in large state owned enterprises, the newlyestablished plants of multinational companies and the growing number of small and medium-sized enterprises? In what ways is the role of trade unionism changing in these businesses; and how are the processes of management-worker relations evolving? Such questions are of utmost importance, as national level tripartism has far-reaching consequences for industrial and social peace.
