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| Author: | Freeman, R. B. Kleiner, M. M. |
| Title: | Employer behavior in the face of union organizing drives |
| Journal: | Industrial and Labor Relations Review
1990 : APR, VOL. 43:4, p. 351-365 |
| Index terms: | TRADE UNIONS MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CONFLICT SUPERVISORS PROFIT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Using data from a 1986 survey of employers and a 1982-83 survey of union organizers, the determinants and consequences of employer opposition to union organizing drives are examined. It was found that strong management opposition was most likely when the firm had relatively low wages, poor working conditions, and supervisory problems; when the likelihood of union victory was uncertain; and when the potential union compensation differential - and thus the potential effect on firm profits - was high. Opposition by supervisors was particularly effective in defeating union drives. Firm responses were governed by profit motives, and management opposition has been a cause of the decline of unionization. |
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