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Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century
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Edited by:
Richard B. Freeman
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English
Published/Copyright:
2005
About this book
Private sector unionism is in decline in the United States. As a result, labor advocates, community groups, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals concerned with the well-being of workers have sought to develop alternative ways to represent workers' interests. Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century provides the first in-depth assessment of how effectively labor market institutions are responding to this drastically altered landscape.
This important volume provides case studies of new labor market institutions and new directions for existing institutions. The contributors examine the behavior and impact of new organizations that have formed to solve workplace problems and to bolster the position of workers. They also document how unions employ new strategies to maintain their role in the economic system. While non-union institutions are unlikely to fill the gap left by the decline of unions, the findings suggest that emerging groups and unions might together improve some dimensions of worker well-being. Emerging Labor Market Institutions is the story of workers and institutions in flux, searching for ways to represent labor in the new century.
This important volume provides case studies of new labor market institutions and new directions for existing institutions. The contributors examine the behavior and impact of new organizations that have formed to solve workplace problems and to bolster the position of workers. They also document how unions employ new strategies to maintain their role in the economic system. While non-union institutions are unlikely to fill the gap left by the decline of unions, the findings suggest that emerging groups and unions might together improve some dimensions of worker well-being. Emerging Labor Market Institutions is the story of workers and institutions in flux, searching for ways to represent labor in the new century.
Author / Editor information
Richard B. Freeman is the Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, program director of labor studies at NBER, and senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic Performance of the London School of Economics. Joni Hersch is professor of law and economics at Vanderbilt University. Lawrence Mishel is president of the Economic Policy Institute. He is the coauthor of The State of Working America.
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"The question of the ability of unions to survive in their current form and pursue their current objectives is an important one. This terrific collection . . . addresses a range of issues clearly and without overt partisanship, yet also represents the viewpoint of workers. . . . Highly recommended."
"The editors of this excellent volume select a varied mix of institutions and topics through which contributing authors attempt to discern the future. . . . At a minimum, readers of this volume will come away with a deeper understanding of how current institutions . . . operate in today's labor market. I suspect that the volume accomplishes more, however, identifying some of the more important sources from which future labor market institutions will emerge."
— Barry Hirsch, Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewTopics
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I. STUDIES OF NONWORKER ORGANIZATIONS
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III. NEW UNION OPPORTUNITIES AND INITIATIVES
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November 1, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9780226261812
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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296
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36 tables, 12 figures
eBook ISBN:
9780226261812
Keywords for this book
unions; labor; collective bargaining; working conditions; workforce; workers interests; work environment; white collar; industrial relations; human rights; regulation; activism; globalization; sweatshops; living wage; enforcement; employment laws; lobby; corporations; training; economics; nonfiction; membership; technical; professional
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
