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- Title
A Statistical Analysis of Leadership Practices and the Public's Attitude toward Labor Unions: A Four-State, 11-Year Comparison of the Importance of Union Representation and Membership to the Working Public in 2000 and 2011.
- Authors
Moser, H. Ronald; Freeman Jr., Gordon L.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate current attitudes toward and opinions about labor unions and to compare them to the attitudes expressed 11 years ago. The study was designed to determine (a) the public's attitude toward labor unions, (b) the importance of union representation to the working public, and (c) the importance of union membership to the working public in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida. This study indicates that the number of workers who belong to a union has shown a slight decrease recently, but that number as a percentage of the total workforce has also been in a steady decline for more than 50 years. Researchers have identified several factors believed to have contributed to this decline, such as workers' attitudes toward unions, legal support for unions and existence of right-to-work laws, nation-wide economic factors, and employer opposition initiatives.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LABOR unions; LABOR supply; LABOR union rules; LABOR movement; SOCIAL legislation
- Publication
Leadership & Organizational Management Journal, 2012, Vol 2012, Issue 3, p69
- ISSN
2152-8675
- Publication type
Article