This book examines the economic effects of unions and collective bargaining. Although the
study is based on a large and detailed literature survey (covering more than 1,000 primary …

The author estimates the impact of compulsory election laws on certification success using
data on over 6,500 private sector certifications from British Columbia over the years 1978 …

Under the density decline and convergence thesis, market forces are gradually eroding
union density levels, leading to convergence with the US level throughout the developed …

Cross‐section time‐series analysis of nine Canadian jurisdictions over nineteen years is
used to identify the effect of mandatory votes/card check on certification success. The results …

We posit that differences in statutory treatment of union security provisions in Canada and
the US may significantly contribute to the union density gap between the two countries …

Employers and employer groups often argue that restrictions on an employer's ability to use
replacement workers during a strike reduce employment. This study analyzes provincial …

This paper examines the union's effect on wages using a unique set of variables: dummy
variables for the density of unionization in the establishment for which the individual works …

The Future of Private Sector Unionism in the United States Page 1 Page 2 THE FUTURE OF
PRIVATE SECTOR UNIONISM IN THE UNITED STATES Page 3 ISSUES IN WORK AND …

We examine the potential of labor‐relations reforms to address wage inequality by relating
an index of the favorableness to unions of Canadian provincial labor‐relations laws to …

The debate on striker replacements is marked by considerable passion and controversy,
with many unions and workers' rights advocates proposing legal prohibitions and employers …