Industrial Relations in Kiribati

Abstract

This paper examines recent developments in industrial relations in Kiribati and questions the appropriateness of continuing with an indurtrial relations legislative framework, procedures and institutions that are a legacy of colonial rule. In recent years there have been moves to revamp this in keeping with local practices. Although the early period after independence brought a union-government confrontation, recent responses suggest that Kiribati may move towards a more pluralist, tripartite approach to industrial relations processes and institutions in the 1990s.