Title

Union Organizing And Membership Growth: Why Don'T They Organize?

Keywords

Membership; Organizing; Union membership; Union organizing; Unions

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. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Publication Date

12-1-2012

Publication Title

Journal of Labor Research

Volume

33

Issue

4

Number of Pages

461-486

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-012-9144-y

Socpus ID

84869125724 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84869125724

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