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Working Class Stratification and the Demand for Unions in the United States Working Class Stratification & the Demand for Unionization in the United States
First published in 1997, the U.S. labor movement has suffered from membership decline during the post-World War era. Between 1945 and 1994, the percentage of unionized workers in the non-agricultural labor force has steadily declined from 35.5% to 15.5% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1995). The size of the labor movement is critical to an understanding of the role in society of collective bargaining. This study investigates how socioeconomic status divisions within the working class affect worker dispositions to unionize.
I. Social Inequality and Unionization, The Fate of the Working Class in Post-Industrial Society, Homogenization or Segmentation, Theories of Unionization, Conceptualization of Worker Dispositions to Unionize, Worker Voting Intentions to Unionize and Class Consciousness, II. The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Worker Dispositions to Unionize, A Model of Worker Dispositions to Unionize, An Empirical Test, Variables, III. Gender Differences in the Determinants of Worker Dispositions to Unionize, Female Workers’ Socioeconomic Status and Dispositions to Unionize IV. Race Differences in the Determinants of Worker Dispositions to Unionize Black Workers’ Socioeconomic Status and Dispositions to Unionize, Regression Analysis, V. Age Differences in the Determinants of Worker Dispositions to Unionize Introduction, Younger Workers’ Socioeconomic Status and Dispositions to Unionize, Regression Analysis, Conclusion VI. Working Class Stratification and the Demand for Unionization Broadening the Theories of Working Class Stratification on Unionization, Class Consciousness and the Demand for Unionization, Prospects for the Future Labor Movement
Biography
Hyunhee Kim
