Member support for union mergers: an analysis of an affiliation referendum

Article Abstract:

A changing labor relations climate has caused many national unions to merge with smaller independent unions in recent years. One aspect of the merger process concerns the willingness of independent union members to support affiliation with a national union (Chaison, 1986). This article examines the determinants of individual-level voting behavior using data gathered from members of an independent union in a membership referendum. Logistic regression results indicate that affiliation supporters perceived the affiliation as improving union effectiveness, were influenced by social support among co-workers in favor of the merger, and perceived the saliency of the independent union's support for the affiliation proposal. Conversely, affiliation opposition was influenced by the employer's "vote no" campaign and by perceptions that affiliation would lead to an increased probability of strikes and to future increases in dues. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Management

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Unions, PAC contributions, and the NAFTA vote

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Political action committees (PACs), especially those controlled by organized labor and business, have been shown to affect Congressional voting. We explore how PACs influenced the House of Representatives' vote on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The NAFTA vote is analyzed because organized labor strongly opposed the treaty while businesses generally supported it and because of the straight-forward voting generated by its fast-track status. Probit analysis of a unique, unpublished data set containing information about PAC and non-PAC contributions to the 1992 House election campaigns demonstrates that Representatives who depended largely on labor PACs tended to oppose NAFTA, while Representatives who derived a large proportion of their campaign contributions from business PACs tended to favor its passage. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Economic policy, United States. Congress. House, Political action committees

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The political influence of unions and corporations on COPE votes in the U.S. Senate, 1979-1988

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The political influence of unions and corporations is examined by analyzing Senate roll-call votes on COPE-identified legislation for the period 1979-88. Union PAC contributions and union membership both have significant positive effects on three different types of COPE legislation: Narrow Union, General Labor, and Non-Labor. In addition, corporate PAC contributions to senators' opponents reduce their pro-union voting behavior on Narrow Union and General Labor bills. There is evidence that the political influence of unions in the unions in the U.S. is declining. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Reports, Big business, United States. Congress. Senate, AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education

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