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Union Decline (union + decline)

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Trade Union Decline and Union Wage Effects in Australia

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2005
C. JEFFREY WADDOUPS
Union density in Australia fell precipitously in the 1990s. This study investigates how union wage effects may have changed as a result. The findings from 1993 data suggest that union/nonunion wage differentials were very small, especially among workers in high-density industries. By 2001 the overall union wage effect had increased significantly; however, the union/nonunion wage differential was no longer correlated with union density at the industry level. [source]

Third time lucky for statutory union recognition in the UK?

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 3 2002
Stephen Wood
A third statutory trade union recognition procedure was introduced in the UK in 2000. This paper explores the scope for increased recognition, employers' willingness to concede recognition, unions' response to the procedure and, finally, the use of it so far. The paper concludes that, while the procedure may be sustainable in the long run, its direct impact on union membership and recognition may be minimal. The indirect effect, through voluntary recognition will be greater. But any reversal in union decline will ultimately be dependent upon successful union recruitment well beyond their conventional territories. [source]

Strength in Networks: Employment Rights Organizations and the Problem of Co-Ordination

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2006
Charles Heckscher
In recent decades, alternative organizations and movements ,,quasi-unions', have emerged to fill gaps in the US system of representation caused by union decline. We examine the record of quasi-unions and find that although they have sometimes helped workers who lack other means of representation, they have significant limitations and are unlikely to replace unions as the primary means of representation. But networks, consisting of sets of diverse actors including unions and quasi-unions, are more promising. They have already shown power in specific campaigns, but they have yet to do so for more sustained strategies. By looking at analogous cases, we identify institutional bases for sustained networks, including shared information platforms, behavioural norms, common mission and governance mechanisms that go well beyond what now exists in labour alliances and campaigns. There are substantial resistances to these network institutions because of the history of fragmentation and autonomy among both unions and quasi-unions; yet we also identify positive potential for network formation. [source]

Factors of Convergence and Divergence in Union Membership

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 3 2004
Stephen Machin
This paper considers the extent to which union decline in Britain has been characterized by convergence or divergence in union membership rates for people with different personal and job characteristics. It compares individual union membership in 1975 and 2001 to identify some significant factors of convergence and divergence, which indicate temporal instability in the relationship between union membership and a number of its determinants. Identification of these factors of convergence and divergence should be useful to several parties, including industrial relations scholars and union organizers. [source]