Do economic conditions influence union activism behaviour?

David Angrave, Andy Charlwood and Ian Greenwood
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David Angrave: York Management School, University of York, UK
Andy Charlwood: Loughborough University, UK
Ian Greenwood: Leeds University Business School, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2017, vol. 38, issue 2, 344-369

Abstract: This article develops and tests the theory that union activism is related to economic conditions using a nationally representative panel of workers from the UK. Results suggest that a fall in real wages of two percentage points and a three percentage point increase in the unemployment rate are both associated with a one-tenth increase in the probability that a ‘benchmark’ worker will become a union activist (albeit from a low base). This relationship is largely explained by the behaviour of workers in highly unionized sectors.

Keywords: Economic conditions; trade unions; union activism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X15571641

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