Determinants Of Unionisation For Part-Time Women Employees In Australian Banks

Sukhan Jackson, Helen Higgs and Glenda Cooper
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Glenda Cooper: School of Economics, The University of Queensland, https://economics.uq.edu.au/

No 317, Discussion Papers Series from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: Against the declining trend of Australian employees to join unions, unionisation of part-time female employees in the banking industry is relatively strong. For the finance and insurance industry in 2001, 30.3% of total part-time female employees were unionised compared to 25% of full-time female employees and 17.2% of full-time male employees. Overall, 22.3% of employees from this industry were members (ABS, 2002). Under freedom of association, what can influence an individual's decision to unionise? A survey was conducted on three major Australian banks in August 2000. We use a binary choice regression model to analyse personal and union-organising characteristics that significantly influence individual's decision to unionise. Previous membership under union preference provisions and earning relatively high wages would lead to a higher probability to join the union. Union's role in enterprise bargaining and whether union did anything to recruit have significant impact on individual decisions. Thus, part-time female employees are not unwilling to join when they recognise the need for job protection.

Date: 2002
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