The effect of unionism on productivity in privately and publicly owned hospitals and nursing homes

Article Abstract:

The hypothesis that the effect of unions on productivity in construction varies between publicly and privately owned projects is tested. A sample of 44 hospitals and nursing homes provides a data set that holds technology constant while containing both publicly and privately owned projects. Results show that the productivity of union contractors is much greater in private than in public contracts, and suggest that it is the pattern of ownership rather than technological or regulatory factors that accounts for higher union productivity in privately owned projects. In private projects, the hypothesis of no union-nonunion productivity difference can be rejected at no more than an 87 percent confidence level.

Nonresidential construction, not elsewhere classified, Research, Construction industry, Statistics, Construction workers, Labor productivity

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Unions in the next century: an exploratory essay

Article Abstract:

In the late 1950s approximately one-third of all U.S. non-agricultural workers belonged to a union, but by the early 1980s the percentage of union workers had declined to about one-fifth. This drop has received considerable attention by labor researchers projecting the future for unionism in the U.S., but little research has been conducted on the outlook for unions on a world-wide basis. Reasons for the importance of an international approach to the problems of unionism in the future are discussed, and background on unions in Western nations and in what are called 'non-free' countries is provided. It is stated that the future of unions depends on the success and proliferation of democratic governments.

Analysis, Working class

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Is the U.S. unique in the decline of private sector unionism?

Article Abstract:

The U.S. is not unique in the decline of private sector unionism. Contrary to assertions of the "unique school," unionism in the private sectors of Canada and Western Europe has also declined and for the same reason, structural changes in the labor market. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)_

United States, Canada, Economic policy, Corporations, Europe, Western

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