The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States

by Michael Goldfield

Book Overview

Michael Goldfield challenges standard explanations for union decline, arguing that the major causes are to be found in the changing relations between classes. Goldfield combines innovative use of National Labor Relations Board certification election data, which serve as an accurate measure of new union growth in the private sector, with a sophisticated analysis of the standard explanations of union decline. By understanding the decline of U.S. labor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226301028
• ISBN13: 9780226301020
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.