ABSTRACT
In Chapter 7, experience with ‘voluntary’ workplace democracy in six countries was reviewed. In a few countries worker participation in decision making was instituted formally, with statutory rules and regulations defining rights and duties of the parties involved, prescribing procedures to follow, and defining the ‘status’ of the decisions eventually reached. In some countries these formal structures were promulgated by presidential or government directives or were given the force of law. How and with what success have these forms of participation been practised? The present chapter will summarise case study results in Zambia under the erstwhile Kaunda Administration, and in Tanzania and Zimbabwe where statutory and legal forms of participation are still operational.
