Union Members – 2017
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, USDL-18-0080, January 19, 2018 The union membership rate–the percent of wage and salary workers who were members of unions–was unchanged at 10.7 percent in...
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Unions Held Their Own in 2017
Source: Doug Henwood, Jacobin, January 20, 2018 Unions had a pretty good year in 2017: they didn’t lose any ground. According to the latest edition of the Bureau of Labor Statistics annual survey,...
View ArticlePublic Sector Union Dues: Grappling with Fixed Stars and Stare Decisis (Part I)
Source: Victoria L. Killion, Congressional Research Service, CRS Legal Sidebar, LSB10042, December 4, 2017 The Supreme Court long ago described the First Amendment’s protection against compelled speech...
View ArticleBiggest gains in union membership in 2017 were for younger workers
Source: John Schmitt, Economic Policy Institute, Economic Snapshot, January 25, 2018 Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data on changes in union membership from 2016 to 2017. It was...
View ArticleWorking 9 to 5? Union Membership and Work Hours and Schedules
Source: Ryan Finnigan Jo Mhairi Hale, Social Forces, Advance Access, Published: January 22, 2018 (subscription required) From the abstract: Millions of workers in the United States experience volatile...
View ArticleDemocrats Paid a Huge Price for Letting Unions Die
Source: Eric Levitz, New York, January 26, 2018 The GOP understands how important labor unions are to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party, historically, has not. If you want a two-sentence...
View ArticleFrom the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to...
Source: James Feigenbaum, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, and Vanessa Williamson, National Bureau of Economic Research, January 20, 2018 (draft) Labor unions play a central role in the Democratic party...
View ArticleUnions Widen Who They’re Fighting For
Source: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene, Governing, January 25, 2018 Historically, public-sector unions have focused their attention almost entirely on negotiating for higher wages and better...
View ArticleHumiliation at Work and Union Interest: An Empirical Analysis of Community...
Source: Steven Mellor, Katherine Holzer, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Online First, January 4, 2018 (subscription required) From the abstract: How noneconomic benefits claimed by labor...
View ArticleDo Unions Increase Labor Shares? Evidence from US Industry-Level Data
Source: Andrew T. Young, Hernando Zuleta, Eastern Economic Journal, Online First, December 9, 2017 (subscription required) From the abstract: We explore the relationship between union membership rates...
View ArticleJob versus environment: an examination on the attitude of union members...
Source: Meng-jieu Chen, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 2017 From the abstract: There seems to be a widespread perception in the United States that labor union...
View ArticleThe State of the Unions 2017: A Profile of Unionization in Minnesota and in...
Source: Jill Manzo, Monica Bielski Boris, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Midwest Economic Policy Institute, September 4, 2017 From the summary: The report finds that labor unions increase individual...
View ArticleThe State of the Unions 2017: A Profile of Unionization in Wisconsin and in...
Source: Jill Manzo, Monica Bielski Boris, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Midwest Economic Policy Institute, September 4, 2017 From the summary: A new study conducted by the Midwest Economic Policy...
View ArticleWhite-Collar Unionization is Good for Everybody
Source: Alex Press, The Nation, January 29, 2018 Some have argued that it creates a class divide in labor—they’ve got it backward. …. In a recent Atlantic article, Alana Semuels asks: “Why have...
View ArticleWorker Voice in America: A Current Assessment and Exploration of Options
Source: Thomas Kochan, William Kimball, Duanyi Yang, and Erin L. Kelly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Work and Employment Research, Working Draft 1/17/2018 This article reports...
View ArticleLaw, Organizing, and Status Quo Vulnerability
Source: Benjamin I. Sachs, Texas Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 2, 2017 From the abstract: In an era of deep economic and political inequality, academics and policymakers are paying renewed attention to the...
View ArticleDebt as Threat: Evidence from Union-Sponsored Shareholder Proposals
Source: Alberta Di Giuli, Arthur Petit-Romec, Last revised: December 22, 2017 From the abstract: This paper uses data on shareholder proposals to study how leverage affects the interaction between...
View ArticleWorker Centers and the Moral Economy: Disrupting Through Brokerage, Prestige,...
Source: César F. Rosado Marzán, University of Chicago Legal Forum, Forthcoming, Last revised: December 16, 2017 From the abstract: Social scientists have shown that labor unions helped to maintain...
View ArticleWill Labor Law Prompt Conservative Justices to Adopt a Radical Theory of...
Source: Joseph E. Slater, Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 1, 2017 From the abstract: With the Supreme Court poised to rule that the First Amendment bars all union-security clauses in public-sector...
View ArticleJanus Should Lose, and the Justices Know It
Source: Andrew Strom, On Labor blog, January 31, 2018 Most of the coverage of Janus v. AFSCME, like this recent piece in USA Today, simply (and perhaps correctly) assumes that the five Republican...
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