When Movements Anchor Parties

Schlozman, Daniel

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“…So too are some workers' preferences against labor organizations that use strike threats and engage in election campaigns. Despite the fact that both of these strategies have historically been central to union economic and political power (Greenstone 1969;Lichtenstein 2002;Schlozman 2015), workers, on average, were skeptical of joining and financially supporting organizations that deployed these two tactics (at least in the abstract, and especially without prior union experience). This was especially true for workers who self-identify as Republicans.…”

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What Forms of Representation Do American Workers Want? Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

Hertel‐Fernandez¹,

Kimball²,

Kochan

2020

ILR Review

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Recent evidence documents an increased interest among American workers in joining a union. At the same time, there is revived debate among labor scholars, union leaders, politicians, and activists over what forms of labor representation are best suited to meet the needs of the contemporary workforce. Yet little is known about what contemporary workers have to say about these debates. This article draws on a conjoint survey experiment fielded on a nationally representative sample of more than 4,000 employees to explore the forms of representation workers want and are willing to support by paying dues. The authors compare interest in the forms of labor representation that are currently being debated. Results show that while workers value traditional collective bargaining, they would be even more willing to join and financially support organizations currently unavailable under US law and practice. The authors use these results to draw implications for the labor movement, worker advocacy groups, and the future of labor law.

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Section: Caveats and Implications For Future Researchmentioning

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What Forms of Representation Do American Workers Want? Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

Hertel‐Fernandez¹,

Kimball²,

Kochan

2020

ILR Review

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“…Similarly, Schlozman et al (2012: 87) conclude that unions are one of the few organizations in national politics "that advocate on behalf of the economic interest of workers who are not professionals or managers. " See also Hacker and Pierson (2010); Schlozman (2015); Schlozman et al (2018). 7 Unions may also increase the salience of policy preferences, provide information to reduce uncertainty about which candidate/party is closer to members' preferred position, or shape the content of policy preferences through leadership or social interactions (Ahlquist and Levy 2013;Iversen and Soskice 2015;Mosimann and Pontusson 2017).…”

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“…In an age of elite polarization, the partisan identity of a representative is o en crucial for determining legislative voting (Bartels 2016;Rhodes and Scha ner 2017;Lee et al 2004). Since the New Deal era, unions and union members have largely allied with the Democratic Party, given its stronger support for many of their broader policy demands (Lichtenstein 2013;Schlozman 2015). 9…”

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Labor Unions and Unequal Representation

2018

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“…In a polarized two-party system, one party will be closer to the political leanings of most union members. Since the New Deal and especially early post-war years, that role has been played by the Democratic Party (Dark 1999;Lichtenstein 2013;Schlozman 2015). Democratic representatives in Congress are predictably more supportive of policies favored by unions than their Republican counterparts (Box-Steffensmeier et al 1997;Seltzer 1995).…”

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“…Prior research suggests that some heterogeneity in the narrow material interests of unions does not necessarily prevent joint political action. One point is that the dynamics of two-party competition leads to policy bundling along a single-dimension of politics despite a potentially large multi-dimensional policy space; it usually means that different unions side with the same political party on a broad range of issues (Rosenfeld 2014;Schlozman 2015). Unions have also constructed broader "communities of fate" that cut across narrow economic interests and sometimes take costly actions on behalf of other or broader groups (Ahlquist and Levy 2013;Lichtenstein 2013).…”

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Local Union Organization and Law Making in the US Congress

Becher

Stegmueller

Käppner

2018

The Journal of Politics

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The political power of labor unions is a contentious issue in the social sciences. Departing from the dominant focus on membership size, we argue that unions' influence on national lawmaking is based to an important degree on their local organization. We delineate the novel hypothesis that the horizontal concentration of union members within electoral districts matters. To test it, we draw on administrative records and map the membership size and concentration of local unions to districts of the U.S. House of Representatives, 2003Representatives, -2012. We find that, controlling for membership size, representatives from districts with less concentrated unions have more liberal voting records than their peers. This concentration effect survives numerous district controls and relaxing OLS assumptions. While surprising for several theoretical perspectives, it is consistent with theories based on social incentives. These results have implications for our broader understanding of political representation and the role of groups in democratic politics. * We are grateful to Duke University and the University of Konstanz (YSF) for financial support. MB also acknowledges financial support from the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)-Labex IAST. We thank our editor and five reviewers, as well as Nicole

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When Movements Anchor Parties

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What Forms of Representation Do American Workers Want? Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

What Forms of Representation Do American Workers Want? Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice

Labor Unions and Unequal Representation

Local Union Organization and Law Making in the US Congress

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