scholarly journals Occupational Determinants of Professional Union Membership

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-161
Author(s):  
Frank White
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Simultaneous Equations ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Occupational Category ◽  
Relative Differences

Empirical studies of union membership usually group all professionals together in one occupational category. This study uses a simultaneous equations approach to analyze the union or collective bargaining association membership status of a sample of 9,417 employed Canadian professionals and managers from 16 different occupational groups. The results support the hypothesis that there are significant differences among professions in the probability of their members being in unions or collective bargaining associations. The relative differences are explicable in terms of the characteristics of the professions concerned.

scholarly journals Demobilised or dormant? Exploring pro-strike attitudes among employees who have never joined a strike

2020 ◽  
pp. 0143831X2098005
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Frangi ◽  
Muhammad Umar Boodoo ◽  
Robert Hebdon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Experience Goods ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
General Decline ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Over Time

The general decline of strikes does not necessarily imply that workers are demobilised. A dormant strike potential can be present. Drawing on strikes as ‘experience goods’, this article sheds light on this point by studying pro-strike attitudes among employees in 24 countries who have never been on strike. The variation in pro-strike attitudes is explained by both contextual (collective bargaining coverage, economic conditions and freedom of rights and liberties) and individual (union membership and confidence in unions, political values and household financial situation) factors. Deeper analyses of three countries highlight the potential impact of specific repertoires of contention developed over time on the formation of pro-strike attitudes. Implications for the labour conflict literature and union strategies are discussed.

Organizational Policies and Programs to Reduce Job Stress and Risk of Workplace Violence Among K-12 Education Staff

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Landsbergis ◽  
Jeanette Zoeckler ◽  
Zerin Kashem ◽  
Bianca Rivera ◽  
Darryl Alexander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Peer Assistance And Review ◽  
Peer Assistance ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
K 12

We examine strategies, programs, and policies that educators have developed to reduce work stressors and thus health risks. First, we review twenty-seven empirical studies and review papers on organizational programs and policies in K-12 education published from 1990 to 2015 and find some evidence that mentoring, induction, and Peer Assistance and Review programs can increase support, skill development, decision-making authority, and perhaps job security, for teachers—and thus have the potential to reduce job stressors. Second, we describe efforts to reduce workplace violence in Oregon, especially in special education, including legislation, collective bargaining, research, and public awareness. We conclude that to reduce workplace violence, adequate resources are needed for staffing, training, equipment, injury/assault reporting, and investigation. Third, we discuss collective bargaining initiatives that led to mentoring and Peer Assistance and Review and state legislation on prevention of bullying and harassment of school staff. Finally, we present a research agenda on these issues.

Collective Bargaining and Union Membership Effects on the Wages of Male Youths

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur E. Blakemore ◽  
Janet C. Hunt ◽  
B. F. Kiker
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Union Membership

scholarly journals The Impact of the Employment Relations Act 2000 on Collective Bargaining

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Lineham ◽  
Louise Fawthorpe ◽  
Boaz Shulruf ◽  
Stephen Blumenfeld ◽  
Roopali Johri
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact

This study carried out by the Department of Labour in 2007/08 aims to assess whether there have been any significant changes in the coverage of collective bargaining that can be attributed to the Employment Relations Act 2000. The research draws on administrative data relating to union membership and collective bargaining coverage, as well as qualitative data from employers, employees, union representatives and other employment relations stakeholders. The research shows that collective bargaining has yet to regain pre Employment Relations Act levels. Collective bargaining remains concentrated in the public sector, with low density in the private sector. The study concludes that the effects of the Act on collective bargaining are chiefly observed in the recovery of collective bargaining in the public sector, and the continued decline (in general) in the private sector. The research offers no indications that these patterns will change.  

scholarly journals Prioritizing high-contact occupations raises effectiveness of vaccination campaigns

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Nunner ◽  
Arnout van de Rijt ◽  
Vincent Buskens
Keyword(s):  
Practical Problem ◽  
Network Science ◽  
Personal Characteristic ◽  
Contact Network ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Occupational Category ◽  
Disease Propagation ◽  
Specific Contact ◽  
Concrete Operational ◽  
Vaccination Campaigns

AbstractA twenty-year-old idea from network science is that vaccination campaigns would be more effective if high-contact individuals were preferentially targeted. Implementation is impeded by the ethical and practical problem of differentiating vaccine access based on a personal characteristic that is hard-to-measure and private. Here, we propose the use of occupational category as a proxy for connectedness in a contact network. Using survey data on occupation-specific contact frequencies, we calibrate a model of disease propagation in populations undergoing varying vaccination campaigns. We find that vaccination campaigns that prioritize high-contact occupational groups achieve similar infection levels with half the number of vaccines, while also reducing and delaying peaks. The paper thus identifies a concrete, operational strategy for dramatically improving vaccination efficiency in ongoing pandemics.

Chile's labour reform will pass this year

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Constitutional Reform ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Broad Agreement

Subject The pending labour reform bill. Significance Complying with an important election promise, President Michelle Bachelet has presented a bill to Congress to strengthen trade unions and encourage more widespread collective bargaining in the private sector. Given the governing coalition's majority in Congress and broad agreement among its parties on the bill's terms, it is expected to become law largely in its current form, probably by mid-year. Impacts Small companies, where unionisation is now uncommon, are particularly concerned about the reform's implications. A key disincentive for union membership -- non-members' access to the benefits it obtains -- would disappear with the reform. Trade unions are urging authorisation of sector-wide collective bargaining but this would require constitutional reform.

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