Unions, within-workplace job cuts and job security guarantees

"Using data from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 1998, this paper shows that unionisation increased the probability of within-workplace job cuts and the incidence of job security guarantees. As theory predicts, both are more prevalent among market-sector workplaces with higher union d...

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Main Authors: Bryson, Alex, White, Alex
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: London 2006
LSE
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19293064124910112469-unions,-within-workplace-job-c.htm
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Summary:"Using data from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 1998, this paper shows that unionisation increased the probability of within-workplace job cuts and the incidence of job security guarantees. As theory predicts, both are more prevalent among market-sector workplaces with higher union density and multi-unionism. Expectations that these effects would be more muted in the public sector were also confirmed. "
Physical Description:24 p.
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