Trade Union Recognition and Employment Contraction. Britain, 1980–1984

Information contained in the two work-place industrial relations surveys reveals that the proportion of employees, both manual and non-manual, in private sector establishments which recognised trade unions declined in the period 1980-84. The various pieces of analysis undertaken in this paper reveal that establishment closures and employment reduction concentrated among relatively large sized establishments were a major source of the observed decline in union organisation.     

Convergence in International Unionism, etc. The Case of Canada and the USA

Industrial relations systems differ across countries, yet their outputs converge. Canada and the USA are a striking example. Over the past two decades, private and public membership and density, employer opposition, and bargaining have converged. These findings contradict the conventional wisdom and invalidate the recommendation that the USA emulate Canadian policy.