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Title:

What do unions do? : a twenty-year perspective / James T. Bennett, Bruce E. Kaufman, editors.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

vii, 653 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Labor unions--United States.

Other Authors:

Bennett, James T.
Kaufman, Bruce E.

Other Titles:

Journal of labor research.

Notes:

"Originally published in a six-part symposium in the Journal of Labor Research"--Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Unionism and employment conflict resolution: rethinking collective voice and its consequences / 10. What do unions do? A twenty-year perspective / David Lewin -- and Bruce E. Kaufman -- 2. What unions do : insights from economic theory / Bruce E. Kaufman -- 3. Historical insights : the early institutionalists on trade unionism and labor policy / Bruce E. Kaufman -- 4. What effect do unions have on wages now and would Freeman and Medoff be surprised? / David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson -- 5. Unions and wage inequality / David Card, Thomas Lemieux, and W. Craig Riddell -- 6. The effect of unions on employee benefits and non-wage compensation: monopoly power, collective voice, and facilitation / John W. Budd -- 7. What do unions do for economic performance? / Barry T. Hirsch -- 8. Union voice / John T. Addison and Clive R. Belfield -- 9. What do unions do in the workplace? Union effects on management and HRM policies / Anil Verma -- 10. Unionism and employment conflict resolution: rethinking collective voice and its consequences / David Lewin --
20. Index. Richard B. Freeman -- and Ariel Avgar -- 12. De-unionization and macro performance : what Freeman and Medoff didn't do / Daniel M.B. Mitchell and Christopher L. Erickson -- 13. Two faces of union voice in the public sector / Morley Gunderson -- 14. Unionism viewed internationally / John Pencavel -- 15. Has management strangle U.S. unions? / Robert J. Flanagan -- 16. Organized labor's political scorecard / Marick F. Masters and John T. Delaney -- 17. What do unions do? Evaluation and commentary / Bruce E. Kaufman -- 18. What do unions do? A management perspective / Kenneth McLennan -- 19. What do unions do? A unionist's perspective / Stephen R. Sleigh -- 20. What do unions do? The 2004 M-Brane Stringtwister edition / Richard B. Freeman -- About the editors and contributors -- Index.

ISBN:

9781412805940 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1412805945 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006043757

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)