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This article looks into tripartite arrangements between business, the State and the trade unions. The development of tripartite arrangements is considered a well-documented feature of modern industrial relations and economic planning. In this article, the case of the Lucas Aerospace Combine Shop Stewards Committee in Great Britain is illustrated. The Combine Committee had been seeking a planning agreement procedure over the Corporate Plan proposals for some time and they felt that the hand-out should be accompanied by some form of agreement which would relate to the employment creation proposals put forward by the Combine Committee. Thus, the experience of workers in Lucas Aerospace and other industries pursuing so-called corporate plan initiatives contains lessons which need to be learnt by those who would argue for an extension of industrial democracy.