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JOB CUTS, JOB GUARANTEES AND UNIONS *
Author(s) -
WHITE MICHAEL,
BRYSON ALEX
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2012.02325.x
Subject(s) - job security , labour economics , public sector , bargaining power , collective bargaining , union density , power (physics) , economics , job market , microeconomics , engineering , work (physics) , economy , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
Using unique nationally representative workplace data this paper shows that unionization increased the probability of within‐workplace job cuts and the incidence of job security guarantees. As theory predicts, both are more prevalent among market‐sector workplaces with higher union density and multi‐unionism. In the public sector, levels of unionization affect only job security guarantees, not job cuts. Explanations are developed in terms of union bargaining power and union voice services.