The Politics of Public Sector Unionism

1972 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 758
Author(s):  
Robert H. Doherty ◽  
Harry H. Wellington ◽  
Ralph K. Winter
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

Getting it Right: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from Research on Public-Sector Unionism and Collective Bargaining

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lewin ◽  
Thomas A. Kochan ◽  
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld ◽  
Teresa Ghilarducci ◽  
Harry C. C. Katz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

Public Sector Unionism

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Edward L. Suntrup ◽  
Charles S. Bunker ◽  
Frank H. Cassell ◽  
Jean J. Baron ◽  
Institute for Contemporary Studies ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM AND TAX BURDENS: ARE THEY RELATED?*

1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-448
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Straussman ◽  
Robert Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

scholarly journals Blue Endorsements Matter: How the Fraternal Order of Police Contributed to Donald Trump’s Victory

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-250
Author(s):  
Michael Zoorob
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Group Behavior ◽  
Organizational Networks ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Public Sector Union ◽  
Mitt Romney ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

ABSTRACTConventional accounts of Donald Trump’s unexpected electoral victory stress idiosyncratic events and media celebrity because most observers assume this unusual candidate won without much organized support. However, considerable evidence suggests that the support of conservative organizational networks, including police unions such as the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), propelled Trump to victory. The FOP is both a public-sector union and a conservative, mass-membership fraternal association that was courted by the Trump campaign at a time of politically charged debates about policing. Four years before, the FOP had refused to endorse Republican candidate Mitt Romney because he opposed public-sector unionism, which provided fruitful and rare variation in interest-group behavior across electoral cycles. Using a difference-in-differences approach, I find that FOP lodge density contributed to a significant swing in vote share from Romney to Trump. Moreover, survey evidence indicates that police officers reported increased political engagement in 2016 versus 2012. Belying the notion that Trump lacked a “ground game,” this research suggests that he tapped into existing organizational networks, showing their enduring importance in electoral politics.

scholarly journals Contraction and Expansion: The Divergence of Private Sector and Public Sector Unionism in the United States

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B Freeman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Union Status ◽  
Contraction And Expansion ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

The institutional structure of the American labor market changed remarkably from the 1950s and 1960s to the 1980s. What explains the decline in union representation of private wage and salary workers? Why have unions expanded in the public sector while contracting in the private sector? Is the economy-wide fall in density a phenomenon common to developed capitalist economies, or is it unique to the United States? To what extent should economists alter their views about what unions do to the economy in light of the fact that they increasingly do it in the public sector? To answer these questions I examine a wide variety of evidence on the union status of public and private workers. I contrast trends in unionization in the United States with trends in other developed countries, particularly Canada, and use these contrasts and the divergence between unions in the public and private sectors of the United States to evaluate proposed explanations.

The State of Public Sector Unionism: Challenges and Opportunities

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marick F. Masters ◽  
Robert R. Albright ◽  
Ray Gibney
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Public Sector Unionism

TRENDS IN PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONISM

1985 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Dickenson ◽  
Don Rawson
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Sector Unionism
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