Unions as Facilitators of Employment Rights: An Analysis of Individuals’ Awareness of Parental Leave in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
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| Authors: | AMIT KRAMER |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 321 19th Avenue South, 3‐300, Minneapolis, MN 2. 55455, USA;3. Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 321 19th Avenue South, 3‐300, Minneapolis, MN 4. 55455, USA. E‐mail: . The author is grateful to John Budd for his mentoring, comments, and suggestions on multiple drafts of this paper. |
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| Abstract: | This study considers the role of unions and individual characteristics as facilitators of knowledge among employees concerning labor rights. Labor policy by itself is often meaningless without mechanisms that allow implementation of such policy. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), individuals that are entitled to parental leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act but are ignorant of their right were identified. Using longitudinal data from 1992 to 2002, we find that union members’ knowledge regarding their rights is better than that of nonunion members. Other individual and work characteristics are also associated with knowledge regarding parental leave rights. |
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