The AFL-CIO Split: Does It Really Matter?

Chaison, Gary N.

doi:10.1007/bf03380047

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“…Accounts of the union's dissolution center around two explanations, each of which is corroborated by Chaison (2007). The most common account is that the CTW union leaders were locked in an irreconcilable power struggle with then-current AFL-CIO president John Sweeney.…”

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“…This paper exploits a natural experiment to test whether the proxy votes of union pension funds, an important class of institutional investors, are motivated by union labor interests rather than equity value maximization alone. In 2005, the AFL-CIO (the central federation of labor unions in the United States) split into two groups due in part to power struggles within its leadership (Chaison 2007). The AFL-CIO membership significantly contracted when several of its member unions left to form a new organization -called the Change To Win (CTW) Coalition.…”

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“…This assumption is supported by a number of facts. First, numerous accounts indicate that the breakup of the AFL-CIO labor organization stemmed from personal conflicts among the federation's leaders, and that the labor group's reorganization was unrelated to the characteristics of sample directors and firms held by the union pension funds (Chaison, 2007). Second, I do not find any significant differences in observable variables, such as balance sheet measures or governance characteristics of firms whose workers stay in the AFL-CIO and firms whose workers switch to the CTW Coalition.…”

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“…." At least as many observers view the split as counterproductive, or at best irrelevant to labor's future (e.g., Chaison, 2007).…”

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U.S. Labor 2006: Strategic Developments across the Divide

Hurd

2007

Journal of Labor Research

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The AFL-CIO and Change to Win have learned to co-exist without debilitating acrimony. The AFL-CIO has established Industry Coordinating Committees to facilitate cooperative bargaining and organizing ventures. On the political front, the AFL-CIO took the lead in labor's 2006 electoral operations and conducted an extensive, efficient, and unified campaign. Change to Win unions worked together to build strategies for a growth agenda. The success of UNITE-HERE's Hotel Workers Rising Campaign indicates the potential of this approach. Difficult challenges remain, but the strategic developments show signs of life and offer hope that labor may find a path to the future.

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“…When Sweeney's commitment did not accomplish the hoped-for growth, frustration with union decline continued. A decade later, a group of unions seceded from the AFL-CIO and founded the Change to Win Coalition (CtW), again identifying the issue of contention to be lack of organizing effectiveness (Chaison, 2007). The final effects of that split remain in doubt, but it is noteworthy that for the first time in many years the proportion of trade union members in the labor force in New York State has increased, although minimally.…”

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Connecting Trade Unions to the Community: Promoting Employment for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions

Akabas

Gates

2009

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

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The findings of a research effort that sought to define the mutual interests of unions and individuals with mental health conditions, their family members, and service providers are reported. The data were gathered from a nonrandom sample of trade union experts in disability policy and procedures. The research question posed is: What is the potential for unions to serve as a source of work options, valuable information on workplace cultures, and workplace supports to individuals with mental health conditions? Reported are the practices and existing supports in current union activities and related situations that might be adopted to assist persons with mental health conditions. The opportunities for the future for providers, individuals, and union representatives, including information on union apprenticeships and how to work with unions on job maintenance, accommodation, and retention issues for individuals with mental health conditions is provided. For social service providers clarification is offered concerning issues that are important to unions (e.g., collective bargaining agreements) to help all parties understand each other and communicate effectively to create partnerships among unions, providers, and individuals with mental health conditions that will sustain work for those seeking competitive employment.

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The AFL-CIO Split: Does It Really Matter?

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders: Evidence from Proxy Voting

Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders: Evidence from Proxy Voting

U.S. Labor 2006: Strategic Developments across the Divide

Connecting Trade Unions to the Community: Promoting Employment for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions

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