A Ticket to Free Ride? Not So Fast: Members-Only Collective Bargaining as a Possible State Response to a Judicially Recognized Right to Work

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
State Response ◽  
Free Ride ◽  
Right To Work

The Capital–Labor Accord in Action

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Marc Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
Industrial Space ◽  
Union Decline ◽  
The 1950S

This chapter provides a sketch of labor relations during the 1950s, noting where the imagery of a capital–labor accord is useful and where it falls short. The chapter shows how using the 1950s as a benchmark when explaining union decline tends to obscure key vulnerabilities that labor has long exhibited, well before the fallout in manufacturing and the rise of economic globalization. Gains workers accrued through collective bargaining were exceptional in many ways, though union strength was still confined to a relatively narrow geographic and industrial space. Even here, in the industrial Midwest, there were intense struggles over the legitimacy of unions. This came to a head at the end of the decade when employers made a concerted push for right-to-work.

Unionization in Utah's Municipalities: A “Right-to-Work” Case Study

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-279
Author(s):  
P. Artell Smith ◽  
A. Wayne Owen
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Employee ◽  
Resolution Process ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
Dispute Resolution Process ◽  
Recommendations For Action

In recent years a dramatic increase has been seen in the number of public sector employees involved in union activities. Local government entities encompass some of the most fertile union ground in the United States. This increase in public sector unionism is proportional to declines in private sector unionism. For traditionally private sector unions to compensate for membership declines, it became necessary for labor organizations to move into areas which had largely been untapped and unorganized. States, like Utah, which do not have statutes permitting the recognition of public sector employee unions, but which do have right-to-work laws, present unique problems for labor unions. This study presents the findings of a survey assessing the status of public employee unions in Utah's municipalities given the absence of a public sector bargaining statute and the presence of a right-to-work law. Key indicators include local administrators' understanding of “right-to-work,” the size and type of municipality, the frequency of collective bargaining agreements, the frequency of formal recognition of public employee groups, the relationship between the presence or absence of collective bargaining agreements and the employee dispute resolution process, collective bargaining agreements and the employee dispute resolution process, collective bargaining agreements and the employee dispute resolution process, and the municipalities' reasons for employee group recognition or non-recognition. The findings are followed by specific recommendations for action.

A Holding Pattern in the Midwest

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-121
Author(s):  
Marc Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
The Other ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Magic Bullet ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
The 1950S

This chapter takes up right-to-work and public-sector collective bargaining legislation at the end of the 1950s and shows how they caught on in the Midwest and elsewhere over the next two decades. The chapter then considers the experience of the other two large industrial states in the region, Michigan and Illinois. While there are some notable differences within the region, such as the impressive labor–liberal coalition in Michigan, it is marked mostly by the disorganization of labor and its allies. Armed with this information, the key findings from chapters 3–5 are put in comparative perspective. While there was no magic bullet for union influence, unions succeeded when they cultivated a broad coalition or influential political allies and, importantly, when their opposition crumbled. This required the presence of unusually resourceful local activists or a push from far-sighted national organizations to overcome otherwise weak statewide organization.

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