Ritson, Neil2019-10-012019-06-1620190023-656Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10182/10984Using original documents, this paper describes and analyses the case study of one of the productivity bargaining agreements from a leading exponent of productivity bargaining, Mobil’s Coryton Refinery. As well as being important in the UK oil industry these agreements spread throughout the economy. They resulted in major concessions by the unions to relax inter-craft and craft-production trade boundaries and to changes in work methods. These are illustrated in detail and placed in context. Such changes were heralded as ‘new look industrial relations’ and as such were based on a conception of joint regulation. However, other interpretations are possible, and these are then explored and discussed.pp.666-684en© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Groupcase study methodproductivitytrade unionsMobil oilJournal Article10.1080/0023656x.2019.16268161469-9702ANZSRC::3505 Human resources and industrial relationsANZSRC::4303 Historical studies