Title

Union Organizing and Membership Growth: Why Don't They Organize?

Authors

Authors

J. Fiorito;P. Jarley

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Labor Res.

Keywords

Unions; Organizing; Membership; Union organizing; Union membership; AMERICAN LABOR-MOVEMENT; DECLINE; DETERMINANTS; POLITICS; Industrial Relations & Labor

Abstract

This study analyzes U.S. union organizing activity and membership growth from 1990 to 2004, a period in which an overall pattern of union decline continued and in which organizing achieved renewed prominence as both a union policy and public policy issue. Models for organizing activity and membership growth were proposed and tested. Union decentralization and employer opposition were found to be key predictors of organizing activity differences among unions. These same factors, along with organizing activity, helped explain union differences in membership growth, as did a "Sweeney era" effect.

Journal Title

Journal of Labor Research

Volume

33

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

461

Last Page

486

WOS Identifier

WOS:000310968000003

ISSN

0195-3613

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