Despite the salience of racism and other “isms” woven into the fabric of US society, there is a
dearth of industrial relations (IR) scholarship that engages critical race and intersectional …

Scholars and political observers point to declining labor unions, on the one hand, and rising
white identity politics, on the other, as profound changes in American politics. However …

A recent flurry of labor movement activity has been driven by younger workers, tight labor
markets, and a sympathetic federal government. Nonetheless, US union density remains …

Low unionization rates, a falling real federal minimum wage, and outsourcing have
hampered wage growth in the low-wage sector in the US. In recent years, a number of …

Racial segregation between US workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago.
This increase happened alongside declines in within-establishment occupational …

We analyze how native employees' union membership rates change in response to foreign
employees using Austrian administrative data for the period 2002 to 2012. Using an …

In this chapter, we explore a more sociological perspective on trust and why trust matters in
society. In much of the research on trust the emphasis is on psychological approaches in …

Previous research has described the criminal justice system as a “labor market institution.” In
recent years, however, research on the relationship between the criminal justice system and …

To examine whether and how social movements that target private firms are influenced by
larger protest cycles, we theorize about osmotic mobilization—social movement spillover …

Is labour mobility in the European Union a threat to the strength of unions? We argue that
the combination of cheap labour, workforce heterogeneity and low unionisation among …