Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers experiences in the United States

Richard C. Koven

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: In the United States, trade unions have long played a leading role in providing benefits and financial services for workers. Going back over 100 years, they have set up their own health and pension plans, established insurance and banking institutions, and more recently assisted members with direct access to individual financial services. What have been the successes and challenges of these endeavours? What does union leadership see as the key lessons learnt from past results, and what challenges do they see ahead?

Keywords: mutual benefit society.; social finance.; bank; trade union role.; collective bargaining; financial management; role of ILO. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51p.) pages
Date: 2012
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Published in Working paper series, Social Finance Programme.

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