EFFECTS OF UNION ORGANIZATION ON STRIKE INCIDENCE IN EU COMPANIES

The author reinvestigates the relationship between the organizational power of trade unions and strikes based on data from the European Company Survey 2009 (ECS-2009) and the Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts (ICTWSS) database, which inc...

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Published in:Industrial & labor relations review 2014-01, Vol.67 (1), p.60-85
Main Author: JANSEN, GIEDO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Confederation
Employees
Europe
European Monetary Union
Labor relations
Labor unions
Labour relations
Modeling
Multilevel models
Public sector
Strikes
Studies
Subsidiary companies
Trade unions
Union membership
Union organizing
Work councils
Workplaces
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Summary:The author reinvestigates the relationship between the organizational power of trade unions and strikes based on data from the European Company Survey 2009 (ECS-2009) and the Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts (ICTWSS) database, which include more than 5,000 firms across all 27 European Union (EU) member states. He shows that the incidence of strikes is higher in companies for which workplace union membership is high, the number of workplace unions is high, and unions dominate establishment-level works councils. These factors interact to affect strike incidence. In addition, the company-level effects of union organization on strike incidence vary across countries. These country differences can partially be explained by differences in national trade union systems, such as decentralization and membership density.
ISSN:0019-7939
2162-271X
DOI:10.1177/001979391406700103