Unions and Collective Bargaining

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Chapter 12

• Unions and Collective Bargaining

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• A Profile of Unionism
• Union density the proportion of the workforce
  represented by a union
• Union density in the U.S. has been falling over
  the past several decades, Union density in other
  locations has not
• For example, Canada has a system of labor
  relations that is very similar to that of the
  U.S., but density has remained high and
  relatively constant
• Institutional framework governing Industrial
  Relations in the U.S.

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• Institutional framework governing Industrial
  Relations in the U.S.
• Labor Legislation
• Norris La-Guardia Act
• Labor Injunction
• Provisions of the NL Act
• Wagner Act
• Nature of management opposition to unions
• Provisions of the Wagner Act
• Taft Hartley Act
• Desire to curb unions power
• Provisions of the Taft Hartley Act
• Comparison of the U.S. and Canada
• Small differences that matter

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• Theories of Union Growth
• Demand for union services
• Downward sloping, function of price (dues, fees,
  other costs) of union services faced by workers
• Supply of union services
• Upward sloping, function of price, or costs of
  providing union services
• Equilibrium gives the price and quantity of union
  services
• Applications
• Shifts Supply
• Legal protection for CB in general for the public
  sector in the 1960s
• Greater resistance during recessions
• Movement of population and business South and
  Right to Work laws

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• Shifts demand
• High unemployment
• Other Factors (Ashenfelter and Pencavel)
• The annual inflation rate benefits of unionism
  rise during inflation because wages lag prices
• Rate of change of employment in the union sector
  mgt puts up less opposition when employment is
  growing
• Grievances
• Proportion unionized
• Index of pro-union legislative sentiment

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