A model of labour productivity and union density in British private sector unionised establishments

In this paper, a micro theoretic model of the simultaneous determinationof labour productivity and union density is developed and estimatedusing British establishment-level data from the 1990 WorkplaceEmployee Relations Survey. The main empirical finding is thathigher union bargaining power does not necessarily lower labourproductive in union firms, ceteris paribus. Separate bargainingby multiple unions has a negative effect, but productivity ishigher if management recommends union membership. There is alsoevidence that if unions can more effectively provide servicesto their members, and secure management support for union membership,union density may recover.     

The Soul of the Service Economy: Wal-Mart and the Making of Christian Free Enterprise, 1929-1994

"The Soul of the Service Economy" explains the rise of Christiancorporate globalism in the twentieth century, that always unfinishedtask of sanctifying capitalism and consumption under Christianity.As the biography of the Sunbelt service sector's "free enterprise"ideology, "The Soul of the Service Economy" is not an examinationof Wal-Mart itself but an analysis of Wal-Mart's world—theinterconnected commercial, religious, and educational institutionswhich both produced the world's largest company and then dependedupon its patronage. This culture united Southwestern entrepreneurs,service providers, middle managers, students, missionaries,and even waged employees in an ethos of Christian free enterprise.On the basis of archival research in local and ephemeral sources,"The Soul of the Service Economy" uses the stories of peoplelinked through Wal-Mart and its philanthropies to understandthe shift to post-Fordist regimes in work, gender relations,education, and geography.     

Building and using a charity customer database

This paper describes how a leading campaigning organisation, Greenpeace, improved its fundraising performance through a major supporter database project. It shows how a complex and inadequate database situation can be transformed into a successful operation by applying professional statistical, marketing and systems techniques that are becoming much more widely available, while reducing costs considerably. Copyright © 1999 Henry Stewart Publications