New Measures of Union Organizing Effectiveness

Rose, Joseph B.; Chaison, Gary N.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-232x.1990.tb00764.x

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“…Some researches argue that a reduction in union organizing activities has partially caused the decline in national union membership (Block, 1980;Dickens and Leonard, 1985;Chaison and Dhavale, 1990;Rose and Chaison, 1990). This claim is disputed by Voos (1984).…”

Section: U T = (New Nlrb Members T )/Labor Force T -Andut_mentioning

confidence: 93%

The determinants and effects of right-to-work laws: A review of the recent literature

1998

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I review the recent literature on the determinants and effects of right-to-work (RTW) laws. The focus is primarily on the econometric studies published since the early 1980s. Five major areas of impact are assessed: unionization, free riding, union organizing activities and successes in NLRB elections, wage structure, and state industrial development. While individual findings are quite sensitive to model specification, the accumulated evidence indicates that RTW laws have at least a significant short-run impact on all of these areas except perhaps wages.

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Section: U T = (New Nlrb Members T )/Labor Force T -Andut_mentioning

confidence: 93%

The determinants and effects of right-to-work laws: A review of the recent literature

1998

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“…This measure indicates the total number of eligible voters in NLRB certification elections in which the union was involved over the five-year period. As Rose and Chaison (1990) noted, a significant part of the decline in U.S. union gains via representation elections is attributable to diminished organizing activity. Thus, although one would not usually treat effort as an indication of effectiveness, there is some justification for doing so in this context.…”

Section: Nlrb Certification Election-based Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

National Union Effectiveness in Organizing: Measures and Influences

Fiorito¹,

Jarley²,

Delaney³

1995

ILR Review

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The percentage of the U.S. work force that is unionized is at its lowest level in more than 50 years. Although many studies have sought the reasons for this decline, few have investigated characteristics of unions themselves as possible factors. This paper focuses on unions as organizations, and applies a model of national union effectiveness to union organizing. The authors propose a composite measure of organizing effectiveness that goes beyond union success in representation elections. An analysis of data from the 1990 National Union Survey and other sources, with controls for environmental influences, suggests that organizing effectiveness is enhanced by innovation and reduced by centralization of control at the national level. Some evidence is also found that internal union democracy enhances union success in organizing.

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“…As shown in Tables 1 and 2, election frequency differed sharply across industries and unions and changed dramatically in recent years. We had no prediction of election frequency impact on win rate and suggested that it might be a proxy for the effects of economies of scale, experience, expertise and, as other researchers have proposed, organizing effort, opportunity, or selectivity in choosing organizing targets (Chaison and Dhavale, 1990b;Rose and Chaison, 1990;and Fiorito et al, 1995).…”

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Diversification and win rate in NLRB certification elections

Hatfield

Murrmann

1999

Journal of Labor Research

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This research examined industrial diversification patterns and win rates within the 1977-1979, 1983-1985 and 1992-1994 periods for all NLRB certification elections of the 30 most active unions in [1977][1978][1979]. We found significant change in diversification and little change in average win rates over the study period. The general trend was less total diversification and more unrelated diversification in 1992-1994 relative to 1983-1985 and 1977-1979. Total diversification and election frequency had no impact on win rates. However, related diversification had a significant positive influence on union win rates for elections recorded outside unions'core organizing industries.

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New Measures of Union Organizing Effectiveness

Cited by 18 publications

References 11 publications

The determinants and effects of right-to-work laws: A review of the recent literature

The determinants and effects of right-to-work laws: A review of the recent literature

National Union Effectiveness in Organizing: Measures and Influences

Diversification and win rate in NLRB certification elections

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