The Effect of Trade Unions on the Provision of Training: Australian Evidence |
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| Authors: | Sean Kennedy Robert Drago Judith Sloan and Mark Wooden |
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| Affiliation: | Research Officer at the National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia.;Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.;Professor and Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia.;Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University of South Australia. |
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| Abstract: | This paper uses data from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey conducted in 1989–90 to examine the net impact of trade unions on the extent of formal types of employer-provided training. A net positive effect is found, but only where unions are active in the workplace and not merely de jure representatives of the work-force. The results also indicate, with respect to in-house training, that unions shift the emphasis towards work-forces with long tenure, a finding that is consistent with 'union voice' arguments. |
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