Private sector unions: the myth of decline
Article Abstract:
Conventional wisdom holds that private sector labor unions are in "crisis" due to the loss of millions of members over the past two decades which has resulted in a dramatic decline in their economic viability and political power. Financial data for selected years between 1960 and 1987 are analyzed to show that, contrary to prevailing opinion, private sector unions are financially prosperous despite membership erosion. Evidence is also presented which indicates that union political efforts and influence have increased rather than declined in recent years. Resources have been allocated to political advocacy to obtain a favorable public policy environment for labor organizations and to achieve gains that have eluded unions in collective bargaining. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1991
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Public opinion and media coverage of labor unions
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Public opinion about labor unions is influenced by a variety of factors, including media coverage. The type of media coverage unions receive provides a cognitive foundation for judgements about them and media coverage of unions has often been characterized as biased. This study examines media coverage of unions between 1946 and 1985 and shows that it became increasingly concentrated on strike activities and exaggerated the frequency of strikes. Moreover, strike-centered coverage has its strongest negative influence on individuals who lack ideological and group attachments to unions. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1993
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Contract curve or implicit contract: which will a union choose?
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While much has been written about implicit and efficient (contract curve) contracts, little has been written about which contract a union will choose. This study examines how a democratic union chooses between these contracts. Under most conditions, unions reject an efficient contract and are more likely to choose an implicit contract, but a type of contract new to the economic literature could predominate over either. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Labor Research
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0195-3613
Year: 1991
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