This study examines the influence of public sector unions on the expansion of the public sector. Based on public goods theory, our paper models how unions influence the supply of and demand for public sector activities. On the demand side, public sector unions are special interests which advocate public sector expansion to policy makers; on the supply side, they exert pressure to maintain and e...

European Atomic Forum European Confederation of Agriculture International Air Transport Association International Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association International Chamber of Commerce International Commission on Radiological Protection International Committee on Radiological Units and Measurements International Confederation of Free Trade Unions International Co-operative Alliance Internat...

This paper empirically studies union effects on the performance of, and employment relations in, China’s private enterprises. The study finds a positive and statistically significant union effect on labor productivity, but not on profitability. It further finds that unions lead to better employee benefits and increased contract signing in employment. These findings suggest that, in the era of t...

In Black and Blue, Paul Frymer describes how the American State’s fragmented labor policy in the mid 20th century caused the labor movement to clash with the civil rights movement, resulting in the integration of labor unions via financially crippling litigation and organized labor’s permanent decline. Specifically, the Wagner Act of 1935 authorized workers to elect their own unions representat...

We’re here to make money. We’re here to do business’: The privatised state and questions for trade unions Ruth Barton, Monash University, and Peter Fairbrother, Cardiff University Under both Labor and Liberal governments Australia has been one of the world’s leading proponents of privatisation. One of the key arguments about privatisation is that it would end the ineffi cient state monopoly of ...

In this study we examined the division of finances, the division of household tasks, relationship maintenance behaviors, sexual activity, monogamy, and conflict among same-sex couples who had had civil unions in Vermont, same-sex couples who had not had civil unions recruited from their friendship circles, and married heterosexual couples recruited from among their siblings. Married heterosexua...

Recent legislative efforts to protect credit unions against unfavorable legislation reflect the growing importance of credit unions in the U.S. financial services sector. Efforts to address new technologies, combined with deregulation in financial services, have led changes in the field of membership rules governing how credit unions are chartered and how they may grow. These regulations have c...

Historically, the supposed independence of unions from parties in France has been a myth, with the development of close relations between the CGT and the PCF on the one hand, and looser ones between the CFDT in particular, and the PS on the other. These links weakened from the 1980s on, but appeared to be re-established, with some changes, when unions backed François Hollande in the 2012 presid...