Red state, blue state: Neoliberalism, politics and public sector union membership in the US states

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-539
Author(s):  
Todd E Vachon ◽  
Michael Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Us States ◽  
Sector Union ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Card-Check Laws and Public-Sector Union Membership in the States

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-459
Author(s):  
Timothy D. Chandler ◽  
Rafael Gely
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Sector Union ◽  
The Impact

We examine the impact of state card-check legislation on public-sector union membership. Based on an empirical analysis of data from 2000 to 2009, a time during which eight states enacted card-check legislation for public employees, we find significantly higher levels of public-sector union membership for states that passed card-check legislation in years after the laws were enacted relative to states that did not pass such laws. Moreover, average public-sector union membership increased for the states that passed card-check legislation after the laws were passed relative to their precard-check law union-membership levels.

scholarly journals Union Membership and Coverage Database from the Current Population Survey: Note

ILR Review ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry T. Hirsch ◽  
David A. MacPherson
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Current Population Survey ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Density Estimates ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Sector Union ◽  
Current Population ◽  
Private And Public

This note describes the construction and provision of an Internet database providing private and public sector union membership, coverage, and density estimates compiled from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Economy-wide estimates are provided beginning in 1973, estimates by state, detailed industry, and detailed occupation begin in 1983, and estimates by metropolitan area begin in 1986. The database will be updated annually and can be accessed at http://www.unionstats.com/ .

The Changing Face of Unions and White Labor Support for the Democratic Party

The Forum ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Camobreco ◽  
Michelle A. Barnello
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
College Education ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Sector Union ◽  
Private Sector Union ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
College Educated

AbstractThis manuscript examines the political behavior of White union members, with a focus on the differences between private sector and public sector union members. In the last several decades, private sector union membership has drastically declined, but public sector union membership has greatly increased. This has transformed the White unionized workforce from a group composed primarily of non-professional men with no college education to one that is much more female, college educated, and professional. We test the proposition that White public sector union members have greater incentives to support the Democratic Party than their private sector counterparts. The method employed is an examination of the presidential vote among both unionized and non-unionized Whites during the 1950s and the 2000s, using data from the American National Election Studies. Support among unionized Whites for Democratic presidential candidates in the 2000s came primarily from college educated and professional White union members, which represents a reversal of the pattern found during the 1950s. These results provide evidence that the White union members currently voting for Democratic candidates belong mainly to public sector unions.

Government, Management and Unions: the Public Service Under the Workplace Relations Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 446-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
John O'Brien ◽  
Michael O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Industrial Environment ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sector Union ◽  
Workplace Relations ◽  
Government Management

The paper argues that when governments seek to regulate the working conditions and wages of their own employees in n decentralising industrial environment there is potential for tension between the roles of government as employer ; as policy generator and as financial controller. The paper discusses the federal coalition govern ment's agenda in the Australian Public Service under tbe Workplace Relations Act 1996, and the potential for tensions to arise from a process that simultaneously insists on oversight from the centre and requires the exercise of greater responsibility by agency managements. Moreover; the paper examines the ability of the Community and Public Sector Union to retain its legitimacy at a workplace level in this contradictory environ ment, and its capacity to counter managerial attempts to marginalise the union during the first round of agreement making.

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